About Madwa Village

Madwa is a large village in Pokaran tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,423, made up of 1,793 males and 1,630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8678 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madwa village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jaisalmer
Tehsil	Pokaran
Pincode	345024
Area (hectares)	8678 hectares
Population	3,423
Male Population	1,793
Female Population	1,630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madwa compares

By the 2011 count Madwa is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 8678 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Madwa

Madwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madwa from other places

Madwa lies about 101 km from Jaisalmer, and the nearest railway station is Ashapura Gomat, about 22 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Madwa
Tehsil headquarters	Pokaran	19 km
Nearest railway station	Ashapura Gomat	22 km
District headquarters	Jaisalmer	101 km

Villages closest to Madwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pokaran tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Madwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Madwa village had a population of 3,423. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Madwa village has 1,793 males and 1,630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madwa has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 880.

The pincode recorded for Madwa is 345024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madwa covers 8678 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madwa falls under Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Madwa is Ashapura Gomat, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Madwa.

Madwa is about 101 km from Jaisalmer in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madwa is in Pokaran tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Pokaran is about 19 km away. Ashapura Gomat is about 22 km away. Jaisalmer is about 101 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.