About Mahelan Village

Mahelan is a mid sized village in Shehera tehsil, in the district of Panch Mahals, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,215, made up of 604 males and 611 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 553.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahelan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahelan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Panch Mahals
Tehsil	Shehera
Pincode	389210
Area (hectares)	553.17 hectares
Population	1,215
Male Population	604
Female Population	611
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahelan compares

By the 2011 count Mahelan is the 73rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents. Its 553.17 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Mahelan

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

Mahelan lies about 17 km from Panch Mahals, and the nearest railway station is Chanchelav, about 25 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 Mahelan
Tehsil headquarters	Shehera	15 km
Nearest town	Morwa	15 km
District headquarters	Panch Mahals	17 km
Nearest railway station	Chanchelav	25 km

Villages closest to Mahelan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahelan village had a population of 1,215. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,871 residents.

Mahelan village has 604 males and 611 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahelan has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Mahelan is 389210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahelan covers 553.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahelan falls under Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Mahelan is Chanchelav, about 25 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mahelan.

Mahelan is about 17 km from Panch Mahals in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahelan is in Shehera tehsil of Panch Mahals district. Shehera is about 15 km away. Morwa is about 15 km away. Panch Mahals is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.