About Majharia Village

Majharia is a large village in Piprakothi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,818, made up of 1,500 males and 1,318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 340 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845437, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majharia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Piprakothi
Pincode	845437
Area (hectares)	340 hectares
Population	2,818
Male Population	1,500
Female Population	1,318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Majharia compares

By the 2011 count Majharia is the 10th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,854 residents. Its 340 hectares work out to about 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Majharia

Majharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majharia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majharia from other places

Majharia lies about 15 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 3.6 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
Tehsil headquarters	Piprakothi	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	3.6 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	10 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	15 km

Villages closest to Majharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majharia village had a population of 2,818. That makes it the 10th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,854 residents.

Majharia village has 1,500 males and 1,318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majharia has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Majharia is 845437. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majharia covers 340 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majharia falls under Piprakothi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majharia is Jiwdhara, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Majharia.

Majharia is about 15 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majharia is in Piprakothi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Piprakothi is about under 2 km away. Jiwdhara is about 3.6 km away. Mothīhāri is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.