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About Majhaura Village

Majhaura is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,115, made up of 1,024 males and 1,091 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.85 hectares hectares.

Majhaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhaura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 131.85 hectares
Population 2,115
Male Population 1,024
Female Population 1,091
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
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 Majhaura compares

By the 2011 count Majhaura is the 45th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 131.85 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Majhaura

Majhaura is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Majhaura 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 Majhaura from other places

Majhaura lies about 23 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 7.8 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 Majhaura
Nearest railway station Maghar 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 8.7 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 13 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 23 km

Villages closest to Majhaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhaura village had a population of 2,115. That makes it the 45th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Majhaura village has 1,024 males and 1,091 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhaura has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Majhaura covers 131.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Majhaura falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhaura is Maghar, about 7.8 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 Majhaura.

Majhaura is about 23 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhaura is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 7.8 km away. Sahjanwa is about 8.7 km away. Khalīlābād is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koni (under 2 km), Kuchdehari (under 2 km) and Kursa (under 2 km).

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

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