About Magura Village

Magura is a mid sized village in Gora Bauram tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,469, made up of 758 males and 711 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 847427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

How Magura compares

By the 2011 count Magura is the 28th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,372 residents. Its 98 hectares work out to about 15 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 920.

Getting to Magura

Magura is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Magura 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Magura from other places

Magura lies about 39 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Biraul, about 12 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.

Villages closest to Magura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gora Bauram tehsil.

• Kasraund 1.7 km
• Basuli 3.1 km
• Nari Bhadawn 4.5 km
• Lagwa Bais 4.7 km
• Misrauli 5.8 km
• Aadharpur 6.1 km

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.