About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a small village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 108, made up of 52 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, 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	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	32 hectares
Population	108
Male Population	52
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
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 Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 197th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 32 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhgawan 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 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	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	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 Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 108. That makes it the 197th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Majhgawan village has 52 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Majhgawan is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhgawan covers 32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 10+ km distance 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 Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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.