About Magar Village

Magar is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 271, made up of 134 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	74.07 hectares
Population	271
Male Population	134
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Magar compares

By the 2011 count Magar is the 60th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 74.07 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Magar

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

Magar lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Magar
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	24 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	24 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	63 km

Villages closest to Magar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Magar village had a population of 271. That makes it the 60th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Magar village has 134 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Magar is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magar covers 74.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magar falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Magar is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Magar.

Magar is about 24 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magar is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 24 km away. Pithoragarh is about 24 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.