About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a small village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 379, made up of 192 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dumaria
Pincode	824206
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	379
Male Population	192
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
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 Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Majhgawan

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

Majhgawan lies about 75 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kajrat Nawadih, about 36 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 Majhgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Dumaria	2.7 km
Nearest town	Nabīnagar	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kajrat Nawadih	36 km
District headquarters	Gaya	75 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 379. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,161 residents.

Majhgawan village has 192 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Majhgawan is 824206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhgawan covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Kajrat Nawadih, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 75 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Dumaria tehsil of Gaya district. Dumaria is about 2.7 km away. Nabīnagar is about 31 km away. Kajrat Nawadih is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.