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About Mair Village

Mair is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 101 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,149 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mair Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mair village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 59.91 hectares
Population 217
Male Population 101
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,149
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mair compares

By the 2011 count Mair is the 126th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 59.91 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Mair

Mair is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mair as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Mair from other places

Mair lies about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 41 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 Mair
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 19 km
Nearest town Tehri 19 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 41 km

Villages closest to Mair

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mair village had a population of 217. That makes it the 126th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Mair village has 101 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mair has about 1149 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Mair is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mair covers 59.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mair falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mair is Harrawala, about 41 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 village for Mair.

Mair is about 19 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mair is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 18 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 19 km away. Tehri is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhanolti (3.6 km), Sanab Malla (4.6 km) and Kodi (6.8 km).

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

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