About Majhganwan Village

Majhganwan is a small village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 113 males and 133 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhganwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhganwan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Kandi
Pincode	822120
Area (hectares)	104.17 hectares
Population	246
Male Population	113
Female Population	133
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,177
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 Majhganwan compares

By the 2011 count Majhganwan is the 62nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 104.17 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Majhganwan

Majhganwan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhganwan 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 Majhganwan from other places

Majhganwan lies about 43 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 13 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 Majhganwan
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandi	31 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	43 km

Villages closest to Majhganwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhganwan village had a population of 246. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 75 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Majhganwan village has 113 males and 133 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhganwan has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Majhganwan is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhganwan covers 104.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhganwan falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Majhganwan is Nagar Untari, about 13 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 Majhganwan.

Majhganwan is about 43 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhganwan is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Nagar Untari is about 13 km away. Kandi is about 31 km away. Garhwa is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.