About Maherna Kalan Village

Maherna Kalan is a large village in Raikot tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,495, made up of 1,333 males and 1,162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 675 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 141205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maherna Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maherna Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Ludhiana
Tehsil	Raikot
Pincode	141205
Area (hectares)	675 hectares
Population	2,495
Male Population	1,333
Female Population	1,162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maherna Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Maherna Kalan is the 24th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents. Its 675 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Maherna Kalan

Maherna Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maherna Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maherna Kalan from other places

Maherna Kalan lies about 31 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Rohira Ghallughara, about 7.1 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 Maherna Kalan
Nearest town	Ahmedgarh	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Rohira Ghallughara	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raikot	16 km
District headquarters	Ludhiana	31 km

Villages closest to Maherna Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raikot 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 Maherna Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Maherna Kalan village had a population of 2,495. That makes it the 24th largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,174 residents.

Maherna Kalan village has 1,333 males and 1,162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maherna Kalan has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Maherna Kalan is 141205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maherna Kalan covers 675 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maherna Kalan falls under Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Maherna Kalan is Rohira Ghallughara, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maherna Kalan.

Maherna Kalan is about 31 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maherna Kalan is in Raikot tehsil of Ludhiana district. Ahmedgarh is about 6.8 km away. Rohira Ghallughara is about 7.1 km away. Raikot is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.