About Mahud Village

Mahud is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 750 males and 766 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 558.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahud village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491225
Area (hectares)	558.48 hectares
Population	1,516
Male Population	750
Female Population	766
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahud compares

By the 2011 count Mahud is the 38th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 558.48 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Mahud

Mahud is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mahud as Available. 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 Mahud from other places

Mahud lies about 41 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Latabor, about 5.1 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 Mahud
Nearest railway station	Latabor	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	13 km
Nearest town	Balod	15 km
District headquarters	Durg	41 km

Villages closest to Mahud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahud village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 38th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Mahud village has 750 males and 766 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahud has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Mahud is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahud covers 558.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahud falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mahud is Latabor, about 5.1 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mahud.

Mahud is about 41 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahud is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Latabor is about 5.1 km away. Gunderdehi is about 13 km away. Balod is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.