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About Maheba Village

Maheba is a mid sized village in Moth tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 833, made up of 443 males and 390 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 317.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 284301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheba village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Moth
Pincode 284301
Area (hectares) 317.99 hectares
Population 833
Male Population 443
Female Population 390
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Maheba compares

By the 2011 count Maheba is the 111th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 317.99 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 903.

Getting to Maheba

Maheba is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Maheba as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maheba from other places

Maheba lies about 22 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Chirgaon, about 4.8 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 Maheba
Nearest railway station Chirgaon 4.8 km
Nearest town Nivāri 21 km
District headquarters Jhansi 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Moth 27 km

Villages closest to Maheba

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

Common questions about Maheba

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheba village had a population of 833. That makes it the 111th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Maheba village has 443 males and 390 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheba has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Maheba is 284301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheba covers 317.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheba falls under Moth tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maheba is Chirgaon, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available for Maheba.

Maheba is about 22 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheba is in Moth tehsil of Jhansi district. Chirgaon is about 4.8 km away. Nivāri is about 21 km away. Jhansi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gulara (under 2 km), Nad Pahari (2.2 km) and Pahari Buzurg (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maheba today is likely to be higher.

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