About Majhok Village

Majhok is a mid sized village in Kishanganj tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 304 males and 271 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270 hectares hectares.

Majhok Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhok village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Kishanganj
Area (hectares)	270 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	304
Female Population	271
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
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 Majhok compares

By the 2011 count Majhok is the 45th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents. Its 270 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Majhok

Majhok is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhok 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 Majhok from other places

Majhok lies about 11 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 2.9 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 Majhok
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kishanganj	11 km

Villages closest to Majhok

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhok village had a population of 575. That makes it the 45th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,063 residents.

Majhok village has 304 males and 271 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhok has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Majhok covers 270 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhok falls under Kishanganj tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhok is Hatwar, about 2.9 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 Majhok.

Majhok is about 11 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhok is in Kishanganj tehsil of Kishanganj district. Hatwar is about 2.9 km away. Kishanganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.