About Masarhi Village

Masarhi is a small village in Chewara tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 439, made up of 228 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134 hectares hectares.

Masarhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Masarhi village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Chewara
Area (hectares)	134 hectares
Population	439
Male Population	228
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Masarhi compares

By the 2011 count Masarhi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 134 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Masarhi

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

Masarhi lies about 15 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Eksari Halt, about 14 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 Masarhi
Tehsil headquarters	Chewara	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Eksari Halt	14 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	15 km

Villages closest to Masarhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Masarhi village had a population of 439. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Masarhi village has 228 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Masarhi has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Masarhi covers 134 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Masarhi falls under Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Masarhi is Eksari Halt, about 14 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 Masarhi.

Masarhi is about 15 km from Sheikhpura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Masarhi is in Chewara tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Chewara is about 7.8 km away. Eksari Halt is about 14 km away. Sheikhpura is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.