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About Majhagain Village

Majhagain is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,337, made up of 707 males and 630 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.97 hectares hectares.

Majhagain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhagain village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 239.97 hectares
Population 1,337
Male Population 707
Female Population 630
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Majhagain compares

By the 2011 count Majhagain is the 83rd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 239.97 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Majhagain

Majhagain is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Majhagain as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majhagain from other places

Majhagain lies about 18 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Karamnasi, about 13 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 Majhagain
Nearest railway station Karamnasi 13 km
District headquarters Chandauli 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 19 km

Villages closest to Majhagain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhagain village had a population of 1,337. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Majhagain village has 707 males and 630 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhagain has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 926.

Majhagain covers 239.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhagain falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhagain is Karamnasi, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Majhagain.

Majhagain is about 18 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhagain is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Karamnasi is about 13 km away. Chandauli is about 18 km away. Chakia is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgai Forest Area (under 2 km), Jigana (2.1 km) and Chandi Jhandu (2.2 km).

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

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