About Mahasura Village

Mahasura is a small village in Gangarampur tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 437, made up of 238 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733142, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahasura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahasura village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil	Gangarampur
Pincode	733142
Area (hectares)	96.97 hectares
Population	437
Male Population	238
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	836
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahasura compares

By the 2011 count Mahasura is the 152nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents. Its 96.97 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Mahasura

Mahasura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahasura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Latkeshabpur, Madhabpur, Madhya Raghunathpur and Mahakhair. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Mahasura

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahasura village had a population of 437. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,165 residents.

Mahasura village has 238 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahasura has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Mahasura is 733142. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahasura covers 96.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahasura falls under Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Mahasura notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mahasura.

Mahasura is in Gangarampur tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.