About Maur Village

Maur is a mid sized village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 596, made up of 315 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.86 hectares hectares.

Maur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	27.86 hectares
Population	596
Male Population	315
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maur compares

By the 2011 count Maur is the 327th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 27.86 hectares work out to about 21 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 993.

Getting to Maur

Maur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maur from other places

Maur lies about 44 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 33 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 Maur
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	27 km
Nearest railway station	Maghar	33 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	35 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	44 km

Villages closest to Maur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maur village had a population of 596. That makes it the 327th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Maur village has 315 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maur has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Maur covers 27.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Maur falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maur is Maghar, about 33 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Maur.

Maur is about 44 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maur is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khajni is about 27 km away. Maghar is about 33 km away. Khalīlābād is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.