About Mau Village

Mau is a mid sized village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 330 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Champawat
Tehsil	Lohaghat
Pincode	262527
Area (hectares)	227.71 hectares
Population	639
Male Population	330
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mau compares

By the 2011 count Mau is the 30th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 227.71 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Mau

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

Mau lies about 7.9 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 30 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 Mau
District headquarters	Champawat	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohaghat	10 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	28 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	30 km

Villages closest to Mau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mau village had a population of 639. That makes it the 30th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Mau village has 330 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mau has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Mau is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mau covers 227.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mau falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mau is Tanakpur, about 30 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mau.

Mau is about 7.9 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mau is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Champawat is about 7.9 km away. Lohaghat is about 10 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.