Majhaul - مجھول - मझौल

Majhaul (Hindi: मझौल, also pronounced as Majhoul or مجھول) is a large Village in Nauhatta Block in Saharsa District of Bihar State of India, with total 700-800 families residing. It belongs to Kosi Division .Majhaul Village, with population of 3698 is Nauhatta sub district's the 13th most populous village, located in Nauhatta sub district of Saharsa district. Total geographical area of Majhaul village is 1-2 km2 and it is the 9th smallest village by area in the Nauhatta sub district. Population density of the village is 3489 persons per km2. Nearest town of the village is Supaul and distance from Majhaul village to Supaul is 22 km. The village has its own post office and the pin code of Majhaul village is 852123. The village comes under Shahpur Panchayat. Nauhatta is the sub district head quarter and the distance from the village is 5 km. District head quarter of the village is Saharsa which is 27 km away, And 167 km from State capital Patna. It is contiguous with Kumhrauli[1] to its north, Fequrahi[2] to the south, Telwa to the east, Kosi River[3] to the west. It comes under Shahpur-Majhaul Panchayath and Mahisi constituency.The Majhaul village has population of 3698 of which 1919 are males while 1779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

The Spoken languages of this Village are Hindi and Urdu, Now these day new generation uses English Language in their daily life.

The village is spread over 700-800 acres. It divided into 6 wards (ward number 9 to 14). It is Hot in summer. Majhaul summer highest day temperature is in between 27°C to 44°C. Average temperatures of January is 16°C, February is 20°C, March is 27°C, April is 31°C, May is 33°C.

Total Number of voters is 2305 and the population is reached by 5000 approx now.There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Majhaul village of Saharsa district. 100% of the whole population are from general caste. Child (aged under 6 years) population of Majhaul village is 18%, among them 51% are boys and 49% are girls. There are 706 households in the village and an average 5 persons live in every family. The Majhaul village population of children with age 0-6 is 682 which makes up 18.44% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majhaul village is 927 which is higher than Bihar state average of 918. Child Sex Ratio for the Majhaul as per Census of India 2011 is 977, higher than Bihar average of 935.

Majhaul village has higher literacy rate compared to Bihar. In 2011, literacy rate of Majhaul village was 75.17% compared to 61.80% of Bihar. Total 2267 people in the village are literate, among them 1277(81.13%) are male and 990 (68.65%) are female. Literacy rate (children under 6 are excluded) of Majhaul is 75%. 81% of male and 69% of female population are literate here. Overall literacy rate in the village has increased by 19%. Male literacy has gone up by 15% and female literacy rate has gone up by 23%.

Population of the village has decreased by -11.4% in last 10 years. In 2001 census total population here were 4172. Female population growth rate of the village is -14.9% which is -7.1% lower than male population growth rate of -7.8%. General caste population has decreased by -11.3% and child population has decreased by -26.3% in the village since last census.

As of 2011 census there are 927 females per 1000 male in the village. Sex ratio in general caste is 927,. There are 977 girls under 6 years of age per 1000 boys of the same age in the village. Overall sex ratio in the village has decreased by 78 females per 1000 male during the years from 2001 to 2011. Child sex ratio here has increased by 97 girls per 1000 boys during the same time.

The Village having many number of top class Maulana, Teacher, Engineer and other professionals in the state. Large number of people belonging to this village are now settled in Delhi and other parts of country. Education has always been very prime in Majhaul since early days. Many of Students are going out of village for higher education,Some of Students are studying B.Tech in Some of City Like Delhi, and other cities.Even Some Students have to go aboard for study Medicine(MBBS).

The village having many teachers,Engineers,business and other works, But majority of villager of Labour class. So many peoples are working in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and other city in India, and Some of peoples has been working outside of the India like, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Quwait.

The village population consists of Muslims only. Most of people have the skill to read the Arabic Quran. Many famous Maulana at the ancient time ″Late Hazrat Maulana Zameel″ and Late Hazrat Maulana Shamsul-HUda″ and now this time ″Hazrat Maulana Abdulbari″ is also well educated and Muslim Leader for the Village.

The entire village is so well located but this area has much been affected by the flood of Koshi river. Even in the worst flood of 1984 the main village was not safe and the water entered in the village.

Majhaul and its surrounding areas are part of the Kosi River. This makes the land very fertile. The Kosi embankment is only 300 to 500 meter west. The farmers in the village mostly cultivate Dhaan (paddy crop), Makai (Maize/Corn), Gahum (Wheat crop) and Moong (a type of lentils) in their farms. Since the climate of this region is most suitable for Dhaan (the paddy crop),Makai (Maize/Corn) a good crop brings happiness to many farmers in the village. Though, people do try to grow wheat crops, only few farmers get good yields. Most of the farmers have moderate harvest and hence it is not as popular as harvesting of Dhaan (the paddy crop),Makai (Maize/Corn . Instead, maize is the first best crop for the farmers of this village and Dhaan (the paddy crop)is the second. Therefore, they are tempted to grow garma dhaan and makai (maize) crops together apart from harvesting regular crops. The timing of Dhaan harvesting is especially notable as the villagers are happy in general for several reasons. The fresh crop of Dhaan and Makai (Maize/Corn) reaches every home, Whether you are owner of the land, or the farmer or just the harvester. The Dhaan is bound to come to every household. It can be cooked straight or flattened to make Chura which makes an amazing food when combined with fresh Sakkar (Jaggery) and "Dahi" (Curd). In the rainy season (Savan aur Bhado) the whole agriculture land of this village is covered by rain water, so in this season the main food of the villagers fish and some aqua fruits.

Majhaul has 27% (998) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 42% male and 11% female population are working population. 36% of total male population are main (full time) workers and 5% are marginal (part time) workers. For women 8% of total female population are main and 4% are marginal workers.