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About Minsi Village

Minsi is a mid sized village in Pauni tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,326, made up of 674 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.54 hectares hectares.

Minsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minsi village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Pauni
Area (hectares) 324.54 hectares
Population 1,326
Male Population 674
Female Population 652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Minsi compares

By the 2011 count Minsi is the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 324.54 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Minsi

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

Minsi lies about 20 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Koka, about 28 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 Minsi
District headquarters Bhandara 20 km
Nearest town Bhandāra 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauni 25 km
Nearest railway station Koka 28 km

Villages closest to Minsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Minsi village had a population of 1,326. That makes it the 27th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Minsi village has 674 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minsi has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

Minsi covers 324.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Minsi falls under Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Minsi is Koka, about 28 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 Minsi.

Minsi is about 20 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minsi is in Pauni tehsil of Bhandara district. Bhandara is about 20 km away. Bhandāra is about 20 km away. Pauni is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhikarminsi (under 2 km), Pannasi (under 2 km) and Kalewada (2.4 km).

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

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