About Megar Village

Megar is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 60 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Megar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Megar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	145.21 hectares
Population	107
Male Population	60
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
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 Megar compares

By the 2011 count Megar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 145.21 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Megar

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

Megar lies about 42 km from Dehradun. 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 Megar
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	19 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	28 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	42 km

Villages closest to Megar

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.

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Common questions about Megar

As per the Census of India 2011, Megar village had a population of 107. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Megar village has 60 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Megar has about 783 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 Megar is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Megar covers 145.21 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.

Megar falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Megar notes the nearest railway station 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 Megar.

Megar is about 42 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Megar is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 19 km away. Mussoorie is about 28 km away. Dehradun is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.