About Mahugain Village

Mahugain is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 198 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahugain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahugain village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	140 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	198
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahugain compares

By the 2011 count Mahugain is the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 140 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Mahugain

Mahugain is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahugain as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Mahugain from other places

Mahugain lies about 27 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 54 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 Mahugain
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	27 km
District headquarters	Chatra	27 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	27 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	54 km

Villages closest to Mahugain

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Mahugain

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahugain village had a population of 381. That makes it the 48th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Mahugain village has 198 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahugain has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Mahugain is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahugain covers 140 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahugain falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahugain is Shivpur, about 54 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 10+ km distance for Mahugain.

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

Mahugain is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Mayur Hand is about 27 km away. Chatra is about 27 km away. Chatrā is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.