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About Maswas Village

Maswas is a large village in Sikta tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,346, made up of 2,329 males and 2,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.46 hectares hectares.

Maswas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maswas village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Sikta
Area (hectares) 325.46 hectares
Population 4,346
Male Population 2,329
Female Population 2,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 866
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maswas compares

By the 2011 count Maswas is the 13th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents. Its 325.46 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Maswas

Maswas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maswas 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maswas from other places

Maswas lies about 26 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Kangali Halt, about 4.9 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 Maswas
Nearest railway station Kangali Halt 4.9 km
Nearest town Raxaul 12 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Sikta 35 km

Villages closest to Maswas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maswas village had a population of 4,346. That makes it the 13th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,190 residents.

Maswas village has 2,329 males and 2,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maswas has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

Maswas covers 325.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maswas falls under Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maswas is Kangali Halt, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Maswas.

Maswas is about 26 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maswas is in Sikta tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Kangali Halt is about 4.9 km away. Raxaul is about 12 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sugaha (1.9 km), Gamharia Birnagar (2.8 km) and Senuariya (3.6 km).

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

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