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About Majhera Village

Majhera is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 180, made up of 80 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Majhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Majhera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262552
Area (hectares) 131.09 hectares
Population 180
Male Population 80
Female Population 100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,250
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Majhera compares

By the 2011 count Majhera is the 142nd largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 131.09 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Majhera

Majhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Majhera as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Majhera from other places

Majhera lies about 39 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 81 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 Majhera
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 16 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 39 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 39 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 81 km

Villages closest to Majhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Majhera village had a population of 180. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Majhera village has 80 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Majhera has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Majhera is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Majhera covers 131.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Majhera falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Majhera is Kathgodam, about 81 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Majhera.

Majhera is about 39 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Majhera is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 16 km away. Pithoragarh is about 39 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khitola Majhera (under 2 km), Dhurauli (1.8 km) and Ghandhura R F (1.8 km).

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

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