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About Maujgarh Village

Maujgarh is a small village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 321, made up of 171 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152132, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maujgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maujgarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Zira
Pincode 152132
Area (hectares) 331.25 hectares
Population 321
Male Population 171
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Maujgarh compares

By the 2011 count Maujgarh is the 162nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 331.25 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 919.

Getting to Maujgarh

The census records public bus service for Maujgarh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maujgarh from other places

Maujgarh lies about 40 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Makhu, about 3.6 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 Maujgarh
Nearest railway station Makhu 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Zira 18 km
District headquarters Firozpur 40 km

Villages closest to Maujgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maujgarh village had a population of 321. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Maujgarh village has 171 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maujgarh has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Maujgarh is 152132. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maujgarh covers 331.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maujgarh falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Maujgarh is Makhu, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maujgarh.

Maujgarh is about 40 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maujgarh is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Makhu is about 3.6 km away. Zira is about 18 km away. Firozpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buh Araian (under 2 km), Churian (under 2 km) and Nizam Dinwala (1.8 km).

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

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