About Higauli Village

Higauli is a small village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 33 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,727 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.93 hectares hectares.

Higauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Higauli village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Maharajganj
Area (hectares)	33.93 hectares
Population	90
Male Population	33
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,727
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Higauli compares

By the 2011 count Higauli is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 33.93 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Higauli

Higauli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Higauli 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Higauli from other places

Higauli lies about 27 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Chainwa, about 6.4 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 Higauli
Nearest railway station	Chainwa	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Maharajganj	7.8 km
Nearest town	Mahārājgani	7.8 km
District headquarters	Siwan	27 km

Villages closest to Higauli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Higauli village had a population of 90. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Higauli village has 33 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Higauli has about 1727 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Higauli covers 33.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Higauli falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Higauli is Chainwa, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance for Higauli.

Higauli is about 27 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Higauli is in Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district. Chainwa is about 6.4 km away. Maharajganj is about 7.8 km away. Mahārājgani is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.