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About Menghua Village

Menghua is a small village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 205 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64 hectares hectares.

Menghua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Menghua village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Rafiganj
Area (hectares) 64 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 205
Female Population 172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
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 Menghua compares

By the 2011 count Menghua is the 183rd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 64 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Menghua

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

Menghua lies about 28 km from Aurangabad. 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 Menghua
Tehsil headquarters Rafiganj 7.1 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 28 km

Villages closest to Menghua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Menghua village had a population of 377. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Menghua village has 205 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Menghua has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Menghua covers 64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Menghua falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The census record for Menghua notes the nearest railway station 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 Menghua.

Menghua is about 28 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Menghua is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Rafiganj is about 7.1 km away. Aurangabad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badarpur (under 2 km), Sahokarman (under 2 km) and Kumhaini (under 2 km).

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

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