About Maura Village

Maura is a small village in Chenari tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 290, made up of 158 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 821104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maura village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Chenari
Pincode	821104
Area (hectares)	68.4 hectares
Population	290
Male Population	158
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maura compares

By the 2011 count Maura is the 94th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 68.4 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Maura

Maura is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maura as Available within 5 - 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 Maura from other places

Maura lies about 34 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Shiu Sagar Road, about 9.2 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 Maura
Nearest railway station	Shiu Sagar Road	9.2 km
Nearest town	Sasarām	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chenari	34 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	34 km

Villages closest to Maura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maura village had a population of 290. That makes it the 94th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Maura village has 158 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maura has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Maura is 821104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maura covers 68.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maura falls under Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maura is Shiu Sagar Road, about 9.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maura.

Maura is about 34 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maura is in Chenari tehsil of Rohtas district. Shiu Sagar Road is about 9.2 km away. Sasarām is about 17 km away. Chenari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.