About Maharai Village

Maharai is a small village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 79 males and 77 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7.95 hectares hectares.

Maharai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maharai village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Sakaldiha
Area (hectares)	7.95 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	79
Female Population	77
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	975
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Maharai compares

By the 2011 count Maharai is the 393rd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 7.95 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Maharai

Maharai 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 Maharai 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 Maharai from other places

Maharai lies about 18 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 9.5 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 Maharai
Tehsil headquarters	Sakaldiha	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Kuchman Railway Station	9.5 km
Nearest town	Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar	15 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	18 km

Villages closest to Maharai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maharai village had a population of 156. That makes it the 393rd largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Maharai village has 79 males and 77 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maharai has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Maharai covers 7.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maharai falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maharai is Kuchman Railway Station, about 9.5 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 Maharai.

Maharai 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.

Maharai is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Sakaldiha is about 9.0 km away. Kuchman Railway Station is about 9.5 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.