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About Mahrawna Village

Mahrawna is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 269, made up of 146 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahrawna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahrawna village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Chakrata
Pincode 248124
Area (hectares) 206.51 hectares
Population 269
Male Population 146
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 842
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahrawna compares

By the 2011 count Mahrawna is the 68th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 206.51 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Mahrawna

Mahrawna is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahrawna as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Mahrawna from other places

Mahrawna lies about 62 km from Dehradun, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 48 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 Mahrawna
Nearest town Nāhan 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakrata 33 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 48 km
District headquarters Dehradun 62 km

Villages closest to Mahrawna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahrawna village had a population of 269. That makes it the 68th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Mahrawna village has 146 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahrawna has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Mahrawna is 248124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahrawna covers 206.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahrawna falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahrawna is Salogra, about 48 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mahrawna.

Mahrawna is about 62 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahrawna is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Nāhan is about 25 km away. Chakrata is about 33 km away. Salogra is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Derio (6.7 km), Thana (11 km) and Myudha (13 km).

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

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