About Mahewan Village

Mahewan is a mid sized village in Rajpura tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 838, made up of 448 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Mahewan compares

By the 2011 count Mahewan is the 136th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,174 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 880.

Getting to Mahewan

Mahewan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Mahewan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Mahewan from other places

Mahewan lies about 22 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Daun Kalan, about 21 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.

Villages closest to Mahewan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rajpura tehsil.

• Abdulpur 5.7 km
• Bivipur 5.7 km
• Gurditpura 5.7 km
• Mehmoodpur 5.7 km
• Sheikhpur Rajputtan 5.7 km
• Taharpur 5.7 km

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.