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About Majurahi Village

Majurahi is a small village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 186 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.34 hectares hectares.

Majurahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majurahi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Ghorawal
Area (hectares) 560.34 hectares
Population 370
Male Population 186
Female Population 184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
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 Majurahi compares

By the 2011 count Majurahi is the 231st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 560.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Majurahi

Majurahi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Majurahi 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 Majurahi from other places

Majurahi lies about 49 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 31 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 Majurahi
Tehsil headquarters Ghorawal 20 km
Nearest railway station Lusa 31 km
Nearest town Mirzāpur 47 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 49 km

Villages closest to Majurahi

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 Majurahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Majurahi village had a population of 370. That makes it the 231st largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Majurahi village has 186 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majurahi has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 932.

Majurahi covers 560.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Majurahi is Lusa, about 31 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 Majurahi.

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

Majurahi is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 20 km away. Lusa is about 31 km away. Mirzāpur is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lali (2.8 km), Kanhari (3.2 km) and Ghoria (4.2 km).

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

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