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About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a mid sized village in Deo tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,134, made up of 586 males and 548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Deo
Area (hectares) 194 hectares
Population 1,134
Male Population 586
Female Population 548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
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 Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 42nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents. Its 194 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majhgawan 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 Majhgawan from other places

Majhgawan lies about 13 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Phesar, about 23 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 Majhgawan
Tehsil headquarters Deo 4.8 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 13 km
Nearest town Aurangābād 13 km
Nearest railway station Phesar 23 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 1,134. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,522 residents.

Majhgawan village has 586 males and 548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 946.

Majhgawan covers 194 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Phesar, about 23 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 Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 13 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Deo tehsil of Aurangabad district. Deo is about 4.8 km away. Aurangabad is about 13 km away. Aurangābād is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarganwan (under 2 km), Suhi (under 2 km) and Kantari (1.7 km).

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

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