About Mahua Village

Mahua is a mid sized village in Terhagachh tehsil, in the district of Kishanganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,599, made up of 854 males and 745 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329 hectares hectares.

Mahua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Kishanganj
Tehsil	Terhagachh
Area (hectares)	329 hectares
Population	1,599
Male Population	854
Female Population	745
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
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 Mahua compares

By the 2011 count Mahua is the 26th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents. Its 329 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 942.

Getting to Mahua

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

Mahua lies about 30 km from Kishanganj, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 24 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 Mahua
Nearest town	Bahādurganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Terhagachh	17 km
Nearest railway station	Pawakhali	24 km
District headquarters	Kishanganj	30 km

Villages closest to Mahua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahua village had a population of 1,599. That makes it the 26th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,815 residents.

Mahua village has 854 males and 745 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahua has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Mahua covers 329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahua falls under Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mahua is Pawakhali, about 24 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 Mahua.

Mahua is about 30 km from Kishanganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahua is in Terhagachh tehsil of Kishanganj district. Bahādurganj is about 11 km away. Terhagachh is about 17 km away. Pawakhali is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.