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About Madra Village

Madra is a small village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 130 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.9 hectares hectares.

Madra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 89.9 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 130
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madra compares

By the 2011 count Madra is the 359th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 89.9 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Madra

Madra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Madra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Madra from other places

Madra lies about 21 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Jeonathpur, about 6.8 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 Madra
Nearest railway station Jeonathpur 6.8 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 20 km
District headquarters Chandauli 21 km

Villages closest to Madra

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

Common questions about Madra

As per the Census of India 2011, Madra village had a population of 264. That makes it the 359th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Madra village has 130 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madra has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Madra covers 89.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madra falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madra is Jeonathpur, about 6.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available for Madra.

Madra is about 21 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madra is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Jeonathpur is about 6.8 km away. Rāmnagar is about 12 km away. Chakia is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaurwa (2.6 km), Parasrampur (4.1 km) and Katkaulia (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Madra today is likely to be higher.

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