About Maria Village

Maria is a mid sized village in Dagarua tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,976, made up of 1,044 males and 932 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares.

Maria Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maria village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Dagarua
Area (hectares)	316 hectares
Population	1,976
Male Population	1,044
Female Population	932
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maria compares

By the 2011 count Maria is the 41st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Maria

Maria is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maria as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Maria from other places

Maria lies about 152 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Sathajagat, about 9.6 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 Maria
Nearest railway station	Sathajagat	9.6 km
Nearest town	Dalsingh Sarai	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dagarua	14 km
District headquarters	Purnia	152 km

Villages closest to Maria

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maria village had a population of 1,976. That makes it the 41st largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,613 residents.

Maria village has 1,044 males and 932 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maria has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Maria covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maria falls under Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maria is Sathajagat, about 9.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maria.

Maria is about 152 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maria is in Dagarua tehsil of Purnia district. Sathajagat is about 9.6 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 12 km away. Dagarua is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.