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About Majhagawan Village

Majhagawan is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 170 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.47 hectares hectares.

Majhagawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhagawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 57.47 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 170
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Majhagawan compares

By the 2011 count Majhagawan is the 248th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 57.47 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Majhagawan

The census records public bus service for Majhagawan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Majhagawan from other places

Majhagawan lies about 30 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 16 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
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal under 2 km
Nearest railway station Lusa 16 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 30 km
Nearest town Robertsganj 30 km

Villages closest to Majhagawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghorawal 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 319. That makes it the 248th largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Majhagawan village has 170 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhagawan has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Majhagawan covers 57.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majhagawan falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Majhagawan is Lusa, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Majhagawan.

Majhagawan is about 30 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhagawan is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about under 2 km away. Lusa is about 16 km away. Sonbhadra is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsai (under 2 km), Bharauli (under 2 km) and Dumaribharaulia (under 2 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.

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