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About Madi Village

Madi is a large village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,471, made up of 1,478 males and 993 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 672 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 299161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 299161
Area (hectares) 107.42 hectares
Population 2,471
Male Population 1,478
Female Population 993
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 672
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Madi compares

By the 2011 count Madi is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 107.42 hectares work out to about 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Madi

Madi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Madi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Madi from other places

Madi lies about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 13 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 Madi
Nearest railway station Yog Nagari Rishikesh 13 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 27 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 27 km

Villages closest to Madi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madi village had a population of 2,471. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Madi village has 1,478 males and 993 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madi has about 672 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Madi is 299161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madi covers 107.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 23 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Madi falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Madi is Yog Nagari Rishikesh, about 13 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Madi.

Madi is about 27 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Yog Nagari Rishikesh is about 13 km away. Rishīkesh is about 14 km away. Devprayag is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhitwali (3.2 km), Bankola (3.7 km) and Soni (5.3 km).

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

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