About Majera Village

Majera is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 171, made up of 76 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	79.43 hectares
Population	171
Male Population	76
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
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 Majera compares

By the 2011 count Majera is the 78th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 79.43 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Majera

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

Majera lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 20 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 Majera
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	1.6 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	20 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	20 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km

Villages closest to Majera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majera village had a population of 171. That makes it the 78th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Majera village has 76 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majera has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Majera is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majera covers 79.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Majera falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Majera is Virbhadra, about 20 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 Majera.

Majera is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majera is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 1.6 km away. Rishīkesh is about 20 km away. Virbhadra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.