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About Mauna Village

Mauna is one of the larger villages in Chapra tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,835, made up of 3,109 males and 2,726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares.

Mauna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mauna village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Saran
Tehsil Chapra
Area (hectares) 239 hectares
Population 5,835
Male Population 3,109
Female Population 2,726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Mauna compares

By the 2011 count Mauna is the 9th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Mauna

Mauna is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Mauna 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mauna from other places

Mauna lies about 33 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Chhapra Kacheri, about 2.0 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 Mauna
Nearest railway station Chhapra Kacheri 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Chapra 2.3 km
Nearest town Chāpra 2.3 km
District headquarters Saran 33 km

Villages closest to Mauna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mauna village had a population of 5,835. That makes it the 9th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,457 residents.

Mauna village has 3,109 males and 2,726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mauna has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Mauna covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mauna falls under Chapra tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mauna is Chhapra Kacheri, about 2.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Mauna.

Mauna is about 33 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mauna is in Chapra tehsil of Saran district. Chhapra Kacheri is about 2.0 km away. Chapra is about 2.3 km away. Chāpra is about 2.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanrha (under 2 km), Mehian (under 2 km) and Basarhi (1.9 km).

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

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