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About Chuna Mahera Village

Chuna Mahera is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 141 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chuna Mahera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chuna Mahera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246144
Area (hectares) 638.22 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 141
Female Population 155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
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 Chuna Mahera compares

By the 2011 count Chuna Mahera is the 82nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 638.22 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Chuna Mahera

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

Chuna Mahera lies about 15 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Chuna Mahera
Nearest town Kotdwāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 14 km
District headquarters Garhwal 15 km

Villages closest to Chuna Mahera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kotdwara 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 Chuna Mahera

As per the Census of India 2011, Chuna Mahera village had a population of 296. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Chuna Mahera village has 141 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chuna Mahera has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Chuna Mahera is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chuna Mahera covers 638.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chuna Mahera falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Chuna Mahera is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Chuna Mahera.

Chuna Mahera is about 15 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chuna Mahera is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Kotdwara is about 14 km away. Garhwal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kimusera (1.7 km), Shibbu Nagar (1.9 km) and Umraonagar (1.9 km).

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

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