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Madha is a village of Jats located in Hissar district in Haryana, India.
Madha | |
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Village | |
  Madha Location in Haryana, India  Madha Madha (India) | |
| Coordinates: 29°11′48″N 76°03′55″E / 29.196639°N 76.065315°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| District | Hisar |
| Named for | Madh |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 25,000 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 125039 |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-HR |
| Vehicle registration | HR 86 |
| Website | www |
Madha is a village in Narnaund Tehsil of Hissar District in Haryana State of India. It is situated 46 km from Hissar city on the road to Narnaund which also leads to Jind. At Madha there is another road that leads to Hansi Tehsil. It is 16 km from hansi Tehsil and only 6 km from Narnaund town (where India's largest grain market is located).
The village has a population of 25,000, of which 12,000 are female.
West of Madha is fertilized land and the rest of the area around the village is fertile plain land, served by an irrigation canal. Madha has two large ponds (johd) and small pond (jhodi).
Madha has both a girls' and a boys' secondary government school. The village has a total of three schools with two government run, and one otherwise run.
Madha has an old Shiva and Bajrang Bali temple and Akhara for sadhus (Hindu saints) as well as a village temple nearby, the Temple of Baba Lal Das where newlyweds go for blessings before entering the village. On every shukla 15 many people from all over India come for blessings.
Near the village there is a large gausala of BABA LAL DAS (the biggest in north India). This was established in 1967 by a farmer. The gausala has nearby 1,100 acres (4.5 km2) of land; it has also a big power plant of cost 4.5 crores. The yearly budget of the gausala is in crores.
Madha is an administrative unit and has panchayat samiti. It also has a Patwari (government land record officer) and ADO (Assistant Development Officer, for development of agricultural activities).