About Mahka Village

Mahka is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 129 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,163 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	347.68 hectares
Population	279
Male Population	129
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,163
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahka compares

By the 2011 count Mahka is the 103rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 347.68 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Mahka

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

Mahka lies about 85 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 38 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 Mahka
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	38 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	43 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	85 km

Villages closest to Mahka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahka village had a population of 279. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Mahka village has 129 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahka has about 1163 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Mahka is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahka covers 347.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahka falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mahka is Bhanupratappur, about 38 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 Mahka.

Mahka is about 85 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahka is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 2.4 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 38 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.