About Mahar Village

Mahar is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 740, made up of 329 males and 411 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,249 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249300
Area (hectares)	232.7 hectares
Population	740
Male Population	329
Female Population	411
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,249
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahar compares

By the 2011 count Mahar is the 19th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 232.7 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Mahar

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

Mahar lies about 26 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, 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
Nearest town	Pauri	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	26 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	32 km

Villages closest to Mahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahar village had a population of 740. That makes it the 19th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Mahar village has 329 males and 411 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahar has about 1249 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Mahar is 249300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahar covers 232.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mahar falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mahar is Rishikesh, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mahar.

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

Mahar is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Pauri is about 16 km away. Devprayag is about 26 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.