About Maira Village

Maira is a mid sized village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 867, made up of 443 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147 hectares hectares.

Maira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maira village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dinara
Area (hectares)	147 hectares
Population	867
Male Population	443
Female Population	424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Maira compares

By the 2011 count Maira is the 92nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 147 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Maira

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

Maira lies about 79 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Chausa, about 24 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 Maira
Tehsil headquarters	Dinara	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Chausa	24 km
Nearest town	Bikramganj	25 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	79 km

Villages closest to Maira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maira village had a population of 867. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Maira village has 443 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maira has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Maira covers 147 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maira falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maira is Chausa, about 24 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 Maira.

Maira is about 79 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maira is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 9.6 km away. Chausa is about 24 km away. Bikramganj is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.