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About Madarsu Village

Madarsu is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 201 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madarsu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madarsu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Vikasnagar
Pincode 248125
Area (hectares) 409.05 hectares
Population 373
Male Population 201
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madarsu compares

By the 2011 count Madarsu is the 101st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 409.05 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Madarsu

Madarsu is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Madarsu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Madarsu from other places

Madarsu lies about 23 km from Dehradun. 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 Madarsu
Tehsil headquarters Vikasnagar 14 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 16 km
District headquarters Dehradun 23 km

Villages closest to Madarsu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madarsu village had a population of 373. That makes it the 101st largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Madarsu village has 201 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madarsu has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Madarsu is 248125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madarsu covers 409.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Madarsu falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Madarsu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Madarsu.

Madarsu is about 23 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madarsu is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 14 km away. Mussoorie is about 16 km away. Dehradun is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matogi (1.9 km), Bhaler (2.0 km) and Dhummipur Gang Mewa (2.7 km).

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

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