About Mahuawa Dostiya Village

Mahuawa Dostiya is a large village in Dhaka tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,980, made up of 1,606 males and 1,374 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 856 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares.

Mahuawa Dostiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahuawa Dostiya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Dhaka
Area (hectares)	133 hectares
Population	2,980
Male Population	1,606
Female Population	1,374
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	856
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 Mahuawa Dostiya compares

By the 2011 count Mahuawa Dostiya is the 44th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Mahuawa Dostiya

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

Mahuawa Dostiya lies about 25 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Pipra, 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 Mahuawa Dostiya
Nearest railway station	Pipra	under 2 km
Nearest town	Chākia	9.2 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhaka	27 km

Villages closest to Mahuawa Dostiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhaka 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 Mahuawa Dostiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahuawa Dostiya village had a population of 2,980. That makes it the 44th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,526 residents.

Mahuawa Dostiya village has 1,606 males and 1,374 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahuawa Dostiya has about 856 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 906.

Mahuawa Dostiya covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mahuawa Dostiya falls under Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mahuawa Dostiya is Pipra, about under 2 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 Mahuawa Dostiya.

Mahuawa Dostiya is about 25 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahuawa Dostiya is in Dhaka tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Pipra is about under 2 km away. Chākia is about 9.2 km away. Purba Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.