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About Majhuar Village

Majhuar is a mid sized village in Tetaria tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 795, made up of 379 males and 416 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.2 hectares hectares.

Majhuar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhuar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Tetaria
Area (hectares) 173.2 hectares
Population 795
Male Population 379
Female Population 416
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
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 Majhuar compares

By the 2011 count Majhuar is the 31st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,235 residents. Its 173.2 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Majhuar

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

Majhuar lies about 16 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 6.4 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 Majhuar
Nearest railway station Jiwdhara 6.4 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri 7.6 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Tetaria 32 km

Villages closest to Majhuar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhuar village had a population of 795. That makes it the 31st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,235 residents.

Majhuar village has 379 males and 416 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhuar has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 895.

Majhuar covers 173.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhuar falls under Tetaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Majhuar is Jiwdhara, about 6.4 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 Majhuar.

Majhuar is about 16 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhuar is in Tetaria tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Jiwdhara is about 6.4 km away. Mothīhāri is about 7.6 km away. Purba Champaran is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahura Ramnarayan Singh (4.0 km), Bishambharpur Urf Gheghwa (8.6 km) and Pipra (12 km).

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

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