Skip to main content

About Majhagawan Village

Majhagawan is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 888, made up of 504 males and 384 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 762 females per 1000 males. The village covers 115.71 hectares hectares.

Majhagawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhagawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 115.71 hectares
Population 888
Male Population 504
Female Population 384
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 762
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhagawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhagawan is the 249th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 115.71 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Majhagawan

Majhagawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhagawan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Majhagawan from other places

Majhagawan lies about 29 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Jung Bahadurgnj, about 12 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 Majhagawan
Nearest railway station Jung Bahadurgnj 12 km
Nearest town Pihānī 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 29 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 29 km

Villages closest to Majhagawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhagawan village had a population of 888. That makes it the 249th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Majhagawan village has 504 males and 384 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhagawan has about 762 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Majhagawan covers 115.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Majhagawan falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhagawan is Jung Bahadurgnj, about 12 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Majhagawan.

Majhagawan is about 29 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhagawan is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Jung Bahadurgnj is about 12 km away. Pihānī is about 13 km away. Powayan is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanpara (1.6 km), Lahia (1.8 km) and Uganpur (4.4 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.