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About Majha Gawan Village

Majha Gawan is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 910, made up of 439 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.78 hectares hectares.

Majha Gawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majha Gawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 91.78 hectares
Population 910
Male Population 439
Female Population 471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,073
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Majha Gawan compares

By the 2011 count Majha Gawan is the 283rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 91.78 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Majha Gawan

Majha Gawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majha Gawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majha Gawan from other places

Majha Gawan lies about 49 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.0 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 Majha Gawan
Nearest railway station Mungara Badshahpur 7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 21 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 21 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 49 km

Villages closest to Majha Gawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Machhlishahr 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 Majha Gawan

As per the Census of India 2011, Majha Gawan village had a population of 910. That makes it the 283rd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Majha Gawan village has 439 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majha Gawan has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1061.

Majha Gawan covers 91.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majha Gawan falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majha Gawan is Mungara Badshahpur, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Majha Gawan.

Majha Gawan is about 49 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majha Gawan is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Mungara Badshahpur is about 7.0 km away. Machhlishahr is about 21 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Fattupur Kalan (under 2 km), Chandauli (under 2 km) and Sarai Kashi (1.8 km).

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

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