About Majhanpur Village

Majhanpur is a mid sized village in Sherghati tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 974, made up of 525 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares.

Majhanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Sherghati
Area (hectares)	138 hectares
Population	974
Male Population	525
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Majhanpur compares

By the 2011 count Majhanpur is the 42nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Majhanpur

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

Majhanpur lies about 29 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, about 25 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 Majhanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Sherghati	4.7 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	4.7 km
Nearest railway station	Paraiya	25 km
District headquarters	Gaya	29 km

Villages closest to Majhanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhanpur village had a population of 974. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Majhanpur village has 525 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhanpur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Majhanpur covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majhanpur falls under Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhanpur is Paraiya, about 25 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 Majhanpur.

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

Majhanpur is in Sherghati tehsil of Gaya district. Sherghati is about 4.7 km away. Sherghāti is about 4.7 km away. Paraiya is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.