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About Mahualpahari Village

Mahualpahari is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 230 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahualpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahualpahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Maheshpur
Pincode 816106
Area (hectares) 97.25 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 230
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
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 Mahualpahari compares

By the 2011 count Mahualpahari is the 165th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 97.25 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Mahualpahari

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

Mahualpahari lies about 31 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Chatra, about 9.5 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 Mahualpahari
Nearest railway station Chatra 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshpur 12 km
Nearest town Nalhāti 12 km
District headquarters Pakur 31 km

Villages closest to Mahualpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahualpahari village had a population of 445. That makes it the 165th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Mahualpahari village has 230 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahualpahari has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Mahualpahari is 816106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahualpahari covers 97.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahualpahari falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahualpahari is Chatra, about 9.5 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 Mahualpahari.

Mahualpahari is about 31 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahualpahari is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Chatra is about 9.5 km away. Maheshpur is about 12 km away. Nalhāti 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 Mahubona (under 2 km), Sunderpahari (under 2 km) and Bhawanipur (under 2 km).

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

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