About Majhariya Village

Majhariya is one of the larger villages in Paharpur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,219, made up of 2,841 males and 2,378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790.8 hectares hectares.

Majhariya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhariya village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Paharpur
Area (hectares)	790.8 hectares
Population	5,219
Male Population	2,841
Female Population	2,378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	837
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhariya compares

By the 2011 count Majhariya is the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,403 residents. Its 790.8 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Majhariya

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

Majhariya lies about 120 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Ara Junction, about 2.5 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 Majhariya
Nearest town	Arrah	1.7 km
Nearest railway station	Ara Junction	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Paharpur	19 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	120 km

Villages closest to Majhariya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhariya village had a population of 5,219. That makes it the 10th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,403 residents.

Majhariya village has 2,841 males and 2,378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhariya has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 905.

Majhariya covers 790.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majhariya falls under Paharpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhariya is Ara Junction, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Majhariya.

Majhariya is about 120 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhariya is in Paharpur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Arrah is about 1.7 km away. Ara Junction is about 2.5 km away. Paharpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.