About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 5 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 3,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 37.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825606
Area (hectares)	37.02 hectares
Population	20
Male Population	5
Female Population	15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	3,000
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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 37.02 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

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 43 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, 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 Majhgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	19 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	24 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	43 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauparan 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 20. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Majhgawan village has 5 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 3000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Majhgawan is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhgawan covers 37.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhgawan falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Kathautia, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Majhgawan.

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

Majhgawan is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 10 km away. Kathautia is about 19 km away. Bagaha is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.