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About Majhauli Village

Majhauli is a small village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 449, made up of 238 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121 hectares hectares.

Majhauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhauli village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Kadwa
Area (hectares) 121 hectares
Population 449
Male Population 238
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhauli compares

By the 2011 count Majhauli is the 145th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 121 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Majhauli

Majhauli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhauli as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Majhauli from other places

Majhauli lies about 84 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Narpatganj, about 20 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 Majhauli
Nearest town Chhātāpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Narpatganj 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Kadwa 28 km
District headquarters Katihar 84 km

Villages closest to Majhauli

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

Common questions about Majhauli

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhauli village had a population of 449. That makes it the 145th largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Majhauli village has 238 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhauli has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Majhauli covers 121 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhauli falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhauli is Narpatganj, about 20 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Majhauli.

Majhauli is about 84 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhauli is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Chhātāpur is about 11 km away. Narpatganj is about 20 km away. Kadwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahinagar (4.6 km), Katara (7.2 km) and Chauni (7.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Majhauli today is likely to be higher.

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