About Masahariya Village

Masahariya is a large village in Chaugain tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,679, made up of 1,320 males and 1,359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.8 hectares hectares.

Masahariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masahariya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Chaugain
Area (hectares)	497.8 hectares
Population	2,679
Male Population	1,320
Female Population	1,359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masahariya compares

By the 2011 count Masahariya is the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents. Its 497.8 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Masahariya

Masahariya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masahariya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Masahariya from other places

Masahariya lies about 29 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Twining Ganj, about 10 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 Masahariya
Tehsil headquarters	Chaugain	1.5 km
Nearest railway station	Twining Ganj	10 km
Nearest town	Dumraon	12 km
District headquarters	Buxar	29 km

Villages closest to Masahariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masahariya village had a population of 2,679. That makes it the 7th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,437 residents.

Masahariya village has 1,320 males and 1,359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masahariya has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Masahariya covers 497.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masahariya falls under Chaugain tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masahariya is Twining Ganj, about 10 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 village for Masahariya.

Masahariya is about 29 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masahariya is in Chaugain tehsil of Buxar district. Chaugain is about 1.5 km away. Twining Ganj is about 10 km away. Dumraon is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.