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About Majehar Village

Majehar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 44 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176094, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majehar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176094
Area (hectares) 104.65 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 44
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Majehar compares

By the 2011 count Majehar is the 169th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 104.65 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Majehar

Majehar 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 Majehar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majehar from other places

Majehar lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 23 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 Majehar
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 30 km
District headquarters Kangra 38 km
Nearest town Nangal 41 km

Villages closest to Majehar

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

Common questions about Majehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Majehar village had a population of 99. That makes it the 169th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Majehar village has 44 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majehar has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Majehar is 176094. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majehar covers 104.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majehar falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majehar is Amb Andaura, about 23 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Majehar.

Majehar is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majehar is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Amb Andaura is about 23 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 30 km away. Kangra is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghetar (3.8 km), Ban Baghetar (3.8 km) and Daraman Khas (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Majehar today is likely to be higher.

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