About Mahar Gaun Village

Mahar Gaun is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 33 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,121 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahar Gaun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahar Gaun village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	53.64 hectares
Population	70
Male Population	33
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,121
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 Mahar Gaun compares

By the 2011 count Mahar Gaun is the 206th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 53.64 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Mahar Gaun

Mahar Gaun is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mahar Gaun 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 Mahar Gaun from other places

Mahar Gaun lies about 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Mahar Gaun
Nearest town	Pauri	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km

Villages closest to Mahar Gaun

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.

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Common questions about Mahar Gaun

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahar Gaun village had a population of 70. That makes it the 206th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Mahar Gaun village has 33 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahar Gaun has about 1121 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Mahar Gaun is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahar Gaun covers 53.64 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.

Mahar Gaun falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahar Gaun is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Mahar Gaun.

Mahar Gaun is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahar Gaun is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.