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About Mahuadih Village

Mahuadih is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 203 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahuadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahuadih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 835230
Area (hectares) 433 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 203
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
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 Mahuadih compares

By the 2011 count Mahuadih is the 47th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 433 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Mahuadih

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

Mahuadih lies about 130 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 9.0 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 Mahuadih
Nearest railway station Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumri 12 km
Nearest town Medininagar 12 km
District headquarters Gumla 130 km

Villages closest to Mahuadih

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

Common questions about Mahuadih

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahuadih village had a population of 372. That makes it the 47th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Mahuadih village has 203 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahuadih has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Mahuadih is 835230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahuadih covers 433 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahuadih falls under Dumri tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahuadih is Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station, about 9.0 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 Mahuadih.

Mahuadih is about 130 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahuadih is in Dumri tehsil of Gumla district. Lalgarh Bihar Halt Railway Station is about 9.0 km away. Dumri is about 12 km away. Medininagar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgaon (7.1 km), Ekamba (11 km) and Dumri (12 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Mahuadih today is likely to be higher.

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