About Shahganj Village

Shahganj is a mid sized village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 369 males and 428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,160 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares.

How Shahganj compares

By the 2011 count Shahganj is the 56th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Shahganj

Shahganj 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 Shahganj 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Shahganj from other places

Shahganj lies about 11 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Pachrukhi, about 3.6 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.

Villages closest to Shahganj

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

• Bhajua under 2 km
• Shahpur under 2 km
• Sonbarsa under 2 km
• Hajipurwa under 2 km
• Khamhauri 2.2 km
• Shakra 2.7 km

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.