About Majgawan Village

Majgawan is a large village in Jokihat tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,766, made up of 1,445 males and 1,321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.2 hectares hectares.

Majgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Jokihat
Area (hectares)	169.2 hectares
Population	2,766
Male Population	1,445
Female Population	1,321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Majgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majgawan is the 42nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents. Its 169.2 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Majgawan

Majgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majgawan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majgawan from other places

Majgawan lies about 7.2 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 4.0 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 Majgawan
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	4.0 km
District headquarters	Araria	7.2 km
Nearest town	Arāria	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jokihat	14 km

Villages closest to Majgawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jokihat 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.

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Common questions about Majgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majgawan village had a population of 2,766. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,253 residents.

Majgawan village has 1,445 males and 1,321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majgawan has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 925.

Majgawan covers 169.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Majgawan falls under Jokihat tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majgawan is Kusiargaon, about 4.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Majgawan.

Majgawan is about 7.2 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majgawan is in Jokihat tehsil of Araria district. Kusiargaon is about 4.0 km away. Araria is about 7.2 km away. Arāria is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.