About Majgaon Village

Majgaon is a mid sized village in Potka tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 565, made up of 296 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 831002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majgaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Potka
Pincode	831002
Area (hectares)	97 hectares
Population	565
Male Population	296
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Majgaon compares

By the 2011 count Majgaon is the 120th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 97 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 1003.

Getting to Majgaon

Majgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majgaon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majgaon from other places

Majgaon lies about 65 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 11 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 Majgaon
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	11 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Potka	23 km
District headquarters	Purbi Singhbhum	65 km

Villages closest to Majgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majgaon village had a population of 565. That makes it the 120th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Majgaon village has 296 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majgaon has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Majgaon is 831002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majgaon covers 97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majgaon falls under Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Majgaon is Chaibasa, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Majgaon.

Majgaon is about 65 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majgaon is in Potka tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Chaibasa is about 11 km away. Chāībāsa is about 12 km away. Potka is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.