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About Magarkhai Village

Magarkhai is a mid sized village in Zamania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,966, made up of 1,054 males and 912 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 865 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.39 hectares hectares.

Magarkhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magarkhai village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Zamania
Area (hectares) 117.39 hectares
Population 1,966
Male Population 1,054
Female Population 912
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 865
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Magarkhai compares

By the 2011 count Magarkhai is the 102nd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents. Its 117.39 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Magarkhai

Magarkhai 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 Magarkhai 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 Magarkhai from other places

Magarkhai lies about 30 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Barakalan, about 1.8 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 Magarkhai
Nearest railway station Barakalan 1.8 km
Nearest town Buxar 15 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Zamania 32 km

Villages closest to Magarkhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magarkhai village had a population of 1,966. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 280 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,294 residents.

Magarkhai village has 1,054 males and 912 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magarkhai has about 865 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 923.

Magarkhai covers 117.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Magarkhai falls under Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Magarkhai is Barakalan, about 1.8 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 Magarkhai.

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

Magarkhai is in Zamania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Barakalan is about 1.8 km away. Buxar is about 15 km away. Ghazipur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harkarnpur (under 2 km), Pah Gobardhan (2.6 km) and Dalpatpur T Bhataura (2.8 km).

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

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