About Majhgawan Village

Majhgawan is a mid sized village in Derapur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,141, made up of 605 males and 536 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 209301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhgawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhgawan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Derapur
Pincode	209301
Area (hectares)	249.01 hectares
Population	1,141
Male Population	605
Female Population	536
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhgawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhgawan is the 90th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents. Its 249.01 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

Getting to Majhgawan

Majhgawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majhgawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majhgawan from other places

Majhgawan lies about 9.0 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Rura, about 14 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 Majhgawan
Tehsil headquarters	Derapur	4.7 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	9.0 km
Nearest railway station	Rura	14 km
Nearest town	Pukhrāyān	18 km

Villages closest to Majhgawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhgawan village had a population of 1,141. That makes it the 90th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,802 residents.

Majhgawan village has 605 males and 536 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhgawan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 862.

The pincode recorded for Majhgawan is 209301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhgawan covers 249.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhgawan falls under Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhgawan is Rura, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Majhgawan.

Majhgawan is about 9.0 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhgawan is in Derapur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Derapur is about 4.7 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 9.0 km away. Rura is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.