About Mahalunge Village

Mahalunge is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 670, made up of 311 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 794.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahalunge Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahalunge village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Pincode	416702
Area (hectares)	794.06 hectares
Population	670
Male Population	311
Female Population	359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,154
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahalunge compares

By the 2011 count Mahalunge is the 82nd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 794.06 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Mahalunge

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

Mahalunge lies about 68 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 18 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 Mahalunge
Nearest railway station	Vaibhavwadi Road	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	26 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	65 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	68 km

Villages closest to Mahalunge

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahalunge village had a population of 670. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Mahalunge village has 311 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahalunge has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

The pincode recorded for Mahalunge is 416702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahalunge covers 794.06 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.

Mahalunge falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mahalunge is Vaibhavwadi Road, about 18 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 Mahalunge.

Mahalunge is about 68 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahalunge is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Vaibhavwadi Road is about 18 km away. Rajapur is about 26 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.