About Madaen Village

Madaen is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 747, made up of 404 males and 343 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madaen Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madaen village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231215
Area (hectares)	217.42 hectares
Population	747
Male Population	404
Female Population	343
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Madaen compares

By the 2011 count Madaen is the 131st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 217.42 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Madaen

Madaen is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Madaen as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Madaen from other places

Madaen lies about 20 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Agori Khas, about 16 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 Madaen
Nearest railway station	Agori Khas	16 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	20 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	21 km

Villages closest to Madaen

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

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Common questions about Madaen

As per the Census of India 2011, Madaen village had a population of 747. That makes it the 131st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Madaen village has 404 males and 343 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madaen has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Madaen is 231215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madaen covers 217.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Madaen falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Madaen is Agori Khas, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Madaen.

Madaen is about 20 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madaen is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Agori Khas is about 16 km away. Sonbhadra is about 20 km away. Robertsganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.