About Magarhara Village

Magarhara is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 338 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magarhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magarhara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	497107
Area (hectares)	206.31 hectares
Population	680
Male Population	338
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Magarhara compares

By the 2011 count Magarhara is the 73rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 206.31 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Magarhara

Magarhara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Magarhara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Magarhara from other places

Magarhara lies about 72 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 53 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 Magarhara
Tehsil headquarters	Balrampur	7.4 km
Nearest railway station	Barwadih Junction	53 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	64 km
District headquarters	Surguja	72 km

Villages closest to Magarhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magarhara village had a population of 680. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Magarhara village has 338 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magarhara has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Magarhara is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magarhara covers 206.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magarhara falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Magarhara is Barwadih Junction, about 53 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Magarhara.

Magarhara is about 72 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magarhara is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 7.4 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 53 km away. Medininagar is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.