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About Mojhgawan Village

Mojhgawan is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 652, made up of 352 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.37 hectares hectares.

Mojhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mojhgawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 112.37 hectares
Population 652
Male Population 352
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 852
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mojhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Mojhgawan is the 216th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 112.37 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Mojhgawan

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

Mojhgawan lies about 30 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Ahraura Road, about 20 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 Mojhgawan
Nearest town Ahraura 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 12 km
Nearest railway station Ahraura Road 20 km
District headquarters Chandauli 30 km

Villages closest to Mojhgawan

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 Mojhgawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Mojhgawan village had a population of 652. That makes it the 216th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Mojhgawan village has 352 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mojhgawan has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Mojhgawan covers 112.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Mojhgawan is Ahraura Road, about 20 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 and private bus service as Available for Mojhgawan.

Mojhgawan is about 30 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mojhgawan is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Ahraura is about 7.2 km away. Chakia is about 12 km away. Ahraura Road is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majhgawan (under 2 km), Jianpurwa (under 2 km) and Darhwana (under 2 km).

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

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