About Mahan Village

Mahan is a small village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 183 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,131 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.65 hectares hectares.

Mahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Ghazipur
Tehsil	Jakhania
Area (hectares)	53.65 hectares
Population	390
Male Population	183
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,131
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
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 338th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 53.65 hectares work out to about 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Mahan

Mahan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mahan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 159 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Dandupur, about 2.7 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
Nearest railway station	Dandupur	2.7 km
Nearest town	Bela	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhania	27 km
District headquarters	Ghazipur	159 km

Villages closest to Mahan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jakhania 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 390. That makes it the 338th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Mahan village has 183 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahan has about 1131 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1007.

Mahan covers 53.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Mahan falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahan is Dandupur, about 2.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mahan.

Mahan is about 159 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahan is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Dandupur is about 2.7 km away. Bela is about 13 km away. Jakhania is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.