About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a large village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,366, made up of 1,788 males and 1,578 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1480.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210428
Area (hectares)	1480.63 hectares
Population	3,366
Male Population	1,788
Female Population	1,578
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	883
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 1480.63 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhgawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Majhgawan from other places

Majhgawan lies about 29 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 42 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 Majhgawan
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	29 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	29 km
Nearest railway station	Olinda	42 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 3,366. That makes it the 7th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Majhgawan village has 1,788 males and 1,578 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Majhgawan is 210428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhgawan covers 1480.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Olinda, about 42 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 29 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 11 km away. Rath is about 29 km away. Hamirpur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.