About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a small village in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 132 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 49 hectares hectares.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Area (hectares)	49 hectares
Population	277
Male Population	132
Female Population	145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
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 129th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 49 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

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 24 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Wazerganj, about 9.2 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	Wazirganj	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Wazerganj	9.2 km
Nearest town	Hisua	22 km
District headquarters	Gaya	24 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Wazirganj 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 277. That makes it the 129th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Majhgawan village has 132 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 952.

Majhgawan covers 49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Wazerganj, about 9.2 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 24 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 Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Wazirganj is about 8.0 km away. Wazerganj is about 9.2 km away. Hisua is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.