About Mahan Village

Mahan is a small village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 211 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 595 hectares hectares.

Mahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahan village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Area (hectares)	595 hectares
Population	442
Male Population	211
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahan compares

By the 2011 count Mahan is the 83rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 595 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 1067.

Getting to Mahan

Mahan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mahan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Mahan from other places

Mahan lies about 7.1 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 30 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 Mahan
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	7.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	30 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	49 km

Villages closest to Mahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahan village had a population of 442. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Mahan village has 211 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahan has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1067.

Mahan covers 595 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.

Mahan falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mahan is Sindhudurg, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mahan.

Mahan is about 7.1 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahan is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 7.1 km away. Sindhudurg is about 30 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.