About Masarhia Village

Masarhia is a small village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Buxar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 133 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 802122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Masarhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masarhia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Buxar
Tehsil	Rajpur
Pincode	802122
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	133
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Masarhia compares

By the 2011 count Masarhia is the 139th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Masarhia

Masarhia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Masarhia as Available within 5 - 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 Masarhia from other places

Masarhia lies about 18 km from Buxar, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 7.7 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 Masarhia
Tehsil headquarters	Rajpur	4.0 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	7.7 km
District headquarters	Buxar	18 km

Villages closest to Masarhia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masarhia village had a population of 278. That makes it the 139th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,239 residents.

Masarhia village has 133 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masarhia has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Masarhia is 802122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Masarhia covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Masarhia falls under Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masarhia is Chausa, about 7.7 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 village for Masarhia.

Masarhia is about 18 km from Buxar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masarhia is in Rajpur tehsil of Buxar district. Rajpur is about 4.0 km away. Chausa is about 7.7 km away. Buxar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.