About Maheshkhunt Jagir Village

Maheshkhunt Jagir is a small village in Kursakatta tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 299, made up of 159 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maheshkhunt Jagir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maheshkhunt Jagir village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Araria
Tehsil	Kursakatta
Pincode	854331
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	299
Male Population	159
Female Population	140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maheshkhunt Jagir compares

By the 2011 count Maheshkhunt Jagir is the 60th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Maheshkhunt Jagir

Maheshkhunt Jagir is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maheshkhunt Jagir as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Maheshkhunt Jagir from other places

Maheshkhunt Jagir lies about 20 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 14 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 Maheshkhunt Jagir
Nearest town	Shahbazpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Gogipothia Halt	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kursakatta	20 km
District headquarters	Araria	20 km

Villages closest to Maheshkhunt Jagir

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kursakatta 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 Maheshkhunt Jagir

As per the Census of India 2011, Maheshkhunt Jagir village had a population of 299. That makes it the 60th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,234 residents.

Maheshkhunt Jagir village has 159 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maheshkhunt Jagir has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Maheshkhunt Jagir is 854331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maheshkhunt Jagir covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maheshkhunt Jagir falls under Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maheshkhunt Jagir is Gogipothia Halt, about 14 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maheshkhunt Jagir.

Maheshkhunt Jagir is about 20 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maheshkhunt Jagir is in Kursakatta tehsil of Araria district. Shahbazpur is about 12 km away. Gogipothia Halt is about 14 km away. Kursakatta is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Itahi (under 2 km), Doria (under 2 km) and Parbata (under 2 km).

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