The following question is based on your reading of "The Ramayana." How is Ravan described? What does he look like?

he is described as a ten headed demon

Explanation:

he looks like a normal human being but he cannot die when you behead him the only way he will die is if you hit his heart. but now because people have understood they are saying that ravan had ten heads because he had ten kingdoms under his rule

Based on the reading of "The Ramayana." Ravana is best described as the King of Lanka, an ardent worshipper of Lord Shiva and a great scholar. It is he who kidnaps Sita to take revenge from Rama and Lakhshmana who had cut off his sister Surpanakha's nose.

Ravana as per the story of "The Ramayana," was a Chackrawarthi king. The ten heads he possessed represent his knowledge of the four vedas and the six shastras. That's why he was and still known as a scholar.