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About Mahanadi Forest Village

Mahanadi Forest is a small village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 480, made up of 240 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1819.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahanadi Forest Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahanadi Forest village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Darjiling
Tehsil Kurseong
Pincode 734203
Area (hectares) 1819.78 hectares
Population 480
Male Population 240
Female Population 240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mahanadi Forest compares

By the 2011 count Mahanadi Forest is the 50th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 1819.78 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Mahanadi Forest

The census records public bus service for Mahanadi Forest as Available within <5 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 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Longview Tea Garden, Lonku Khasmahal, Lower Mamring Khasmahal and Mahal Diram Forest. 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.

Common questions about Mahanadi Forest

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahanadi Forest village had a population of 480. That makes it the 50th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Mahanadi Forest village has 240 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahanadi Forest has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Mahanadi Forest is 734203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahanadi Forest covers 1819.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahanadi Forest falls under Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The census record for Mahanadi Forest notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Mahanadi Forest.

Mahanadi Forest is in Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling 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.

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

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