About Mahaka Village

Mahaka is a mid sized village in Deori tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,197, made up of 584 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1657.59 hectares hectares.

Mahaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahaka village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Gondiya
Tehsil	Deori
Area (hectares)	1657.59 hectares
Population	1,197
Male Population	584
Female Population	613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahaka compares

By the 2011 count Mahaka is the 21st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 1657.59 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Mahaka

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

Mahaka lies about 77 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 42 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 Mahaka
Tehsil headquarters	Deori	30 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	42 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	45 km
District headquarters	Gondiya	77 km

Villages closest to Mahaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahaka village had a population of 1,197. That makes it the 21st largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Mahaka village has 584 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahaka has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Mahaka covers 1657.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahaka falls under Deori tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mahaka is Paniajob, about 42 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 Mahaka.

Mahaka is about 77 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahaka is in Deori tehsil of Gondiya district. Deori is about 30 km away. Paniajob is about 42 km away. Dongargarh is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.