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About Madanganj Village

Madanganj is a large village in Namkhana tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,143, made up of 1,579 males and 1,564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Madanganj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Madanganj village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Namkhana
Pincode 743357
Area (hectares) 413.71 hectares
Population 3,143
Male Population 1,579
Female Population 1,564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 991
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Madanganj compares

By the 2011 count Madanganj is the 28th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents. Its 413.71 hectares work out to about 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Madanganj

The census records public bus service for Madanganj 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Madanganj from other places

Madanganj lies about 49 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Namkhana, about 3.3 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 Madanganj
Nearest railway station Namkhana 3.3 km
Nearest town Haldia 38 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 49 km

Villages closest to Madanganj

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Madanganj village had a population of 3,143. That makes it the 28th largest of the 34 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,377 residents.

Madanganj village has 1,579 males and 1,564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Madanganj has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Madanganj is 743357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Madanganj covers 413.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Madanganj falls under Namkhana tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Madanganj is Namkhana, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Madanganj.

Madanganj is about 49 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Madanganj is in Namkhana tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Namkhana is about 3.3 km away. Haldia is about 38 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Iswaripur (1.6 km), Narayanpur (2.0 km) and Sibnagar Abad (2.5 km).

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

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