About Majhgaon Village

Majhgaon is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,173, made up of 605 males and 568 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 836 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	835230
Area (hectares)	836 hectares
Population	1,173
Male Population	605
Female Population	568
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
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 Majhgaon compares

By the 2011 count Majhgaon is the 10th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 836 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Majhgaon

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

Majhgaon lies about 129 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 5.4 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 Majhgaon
Nearest railway station	Kajri	5.4 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	11 km
District headquarters	Gumla	129 km

Villages closest to Majhgaon

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.

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Common questions about Majhgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgaon village had a population of 1,173. That makes it the 10th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Majhgaon village has 605 males and 568 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgaon has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 969.

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

Majhgaon covers 836 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhgaon falls under Dumri tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Majhgaon is Kajri, about 5.4 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 Majhgaon.

Majhgaon is about 129 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgaon is in Dumri tehsil of Gumla district. Kajri is about 5.4 km away. Medininagar is about 7.7 km away. Dumri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.