About Majharia Shekh Village

Majharia Shekh is one of the larger villages in Majhaulia tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9,419, made up of 4,866 males and 4,553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 866 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majharia Shekh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majharia Shekh village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Majhaulia
Pincode	845453
Area (hectares)	866 hectares
Population	9,419
Male Population	4,866
Female Population	4,553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
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 Majharia Shekh compares

By the 2011 count Majharia Shekh is the 11th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,443 residents. Its 866 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Majharia Shekh

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

Majharia Shekh lies about 93 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Bankata, about 7.1 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 Majharia Shekh
Nearest railway station	Bankata	7.1 km
Nearest town	Lar	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Majhaulia	27 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	93 km

Villages closest to Majharia Shekh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Majhaulia 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 Majharia Shekh

As per the Census of India 2011, Majharia Shekh village had a population of 9,419. That makes it the 11th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,443 residents.

Majharia Shekh village has 4,866 males and 4,553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majharia Shekh has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Majharia Shekh is 845453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majharia Shekh covers 866 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majharia Shekh falls under Majhaulia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majharia Shekh is Bankata, about 7.1 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 Majharia Shekh.

Majharia Shekh is about 93 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majharia Shekh is in Majhaulia tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Bankata is about 7.1 km away. Lar is about 7.4 km away. Majhaulia is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.