About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a mid sized village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,262, made up of 616 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	301 hectares
Population	1,262
Male Population	616
Female Population	646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 12th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 301 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

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 14 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	14 km
District headquarters	Chatra	14 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	42 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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 Majhgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 1,262. That makes it the 12th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Majhgawan village has 616 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

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

Majhgawan covers 301 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Kathautia, 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 14 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Mayur Hand is about 14 km away. Chatra is about 14 km away. Chatrā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.