About Majkera Village

Majkera is a small village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 160 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 454 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majkera village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	454 hectares
Population	310
Male Population	160
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majkera compares

By the 2011 count Majkera is the 76th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 454 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Majkera

Majkera is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majkera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Majkera from other places

Majkera lies about 28 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Pokla, about 19 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 Majkera
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	6.8 km
Nearest railway station	Pokla	19 km
District headquarters	Gumla	28 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	28 km

Villages closest to Majkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majkera village had a population of 310. That makes it the 76th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Majkera village has 160 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majkera has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Majkera is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majkera covers 454 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majkera falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Majkera is Pokla, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Majkera.

Majkera is about 28 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majkera is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Basia is about 6.8 km away. Pokla is about 19 km away. Gumla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.