About Mahiawan Village

Mahiawan is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,930, made up of 992 males and 938 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares.

Mahiawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahiawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	1,930
Male Population	992
Female Population	938
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
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 Mahiawan compares

By the 2011 count Mahiawan is the 30th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Mahiawan

Mahiawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahiawan 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 Mahiawan from other places

Mahiawan lies about 28 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ghogha, about 16 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 Mahiawan
Nearest railway station	Ghogha	16 km
Nearest town	Purāini	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	28 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	28 km

Villages closest to Mahiawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahiawan village had a population of 1,930. That makes it the 30th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Mahiawan village has 992 males and 938 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahiawan has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 907.

Mahiawan covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Mahiawan falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mahiawan is Ghogha, about 16 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 Mahiawan.

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

Mahiawan is in Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ghogha is about 16 km away. Purāini is about 21 km away. Sonhaula is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.