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About Maharan Village

Maharan is a small village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 240 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733209, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maharan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar II
Pincode 733209
Area (hectares) 67.17 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 240
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maharan compares

By the 2011 count Maharan is the 150th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 67.17 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Maharan

Maharan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Maharan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maharan from other places

Maharan lies about 28 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Kanki, about 15 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 Maharan
Nearest railway station Kanki 15 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar II 28 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 28 km

Villages closest to Maharan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Maharan

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharan village had a population of 479. That makes it the 150th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Maharan village has 240 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharan has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Maharan is 733209. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maharan covers 67.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maharan falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Maharan is Kanki, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maharan.

Maharan is about 28 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maharan is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Kanki is about 15 km away. Kishanganj is about 21 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pataura (2.3 km), Andharia (3.6 km) and Kahata (5.9 km).

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

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