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About Maha Village

Maha is a mid sized village in Surajgarha tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,709, made up of 921 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.15 hectares hectares.

Maha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Lakhisarai
Tehsil Surajgarha
Area (hectares) 219.15 hectares
Population 1,709
Male Population 921
Female Population 788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 856
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Maha compares

By the 2011 count Maha is the 50th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents. Its 219.15 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Maha

The census records public bus service for Maha as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maha from other places

Maha lies about 18 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Kajra, about under 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 Maha
Nearest railway station Kajra under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Surajgarha 8.5 km
District headquarters Lakhisarai 18 km
Nearest town Luckeesarai 18 km

Villages closest to Maha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maha village had a population of 1,709. That makes it the 50th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,411 residents.

Maha village has 921 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maha has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 887.

Maha covers 219.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maha falls under Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maha is Kajra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maha.

Maha is about 18 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maha is in Surajgarha tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Kajra is about under 2 km away. Surajgarha is about 8.5 km away. Lakhisarai is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaira (under 2 km), Bishunpur (under 2 km) and Milik Bishunpur (under 2 km).

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

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