About Majari Village

Majari is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 636, made up of 307 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,072 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144523, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majari village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144523
Area (hectares)	162 hectares
Population	636
Male Population	307
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,072
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majari compares

By the 2011 count Majari is the 185th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 162 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Majari

Majari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majari as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Majari from other places

Majari lies about 54 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, 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 Majari
Nearest town	Bālāchor	10 km
Nearest railway station	Alachor	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	13 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	54 km

Villages closest to Majari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majari village had a population of 636. That makes it the 185th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Majari village has 307 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majari has about 1072 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Majari is 144523. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majari covers 162 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majari falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Majari is Alachor, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Majari.

Majari is about 54 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majari is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bālāchor is about 10 km away. Alachor is about 11 km away. Garhshankar is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.