A 53-year-old woman was dragged away and mauled to death by a tiger outside her house in a forested area of Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident took place late on Monday night when the victim Mandabai Sidam was sleeping outside her house in Virkhalchak village in Saoli forest range, some 56 km from the district headquarters, the senior forest officer from Chandrapur circle said.