About Marara Village

Marara is a mid sized village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 671, made up of 350 males and 321 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249180, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Marara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Marara village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	249180
Area (hectares)	109.81 hectares
Population	671
Male Population	350
Female Population	321
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Marara compares

By the 2011 count Marara is the 16th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 109.81 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Marara

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

Marara lies about 24 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, 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 Marara
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	10 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	20 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	32 km

Villages closest to Marara

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.

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Common questions about Marara

As per the Census of India 2011, Marara village had a population of 671. That makes it the 16th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Marara village has 350 males and 321 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Marara has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Marara is 249180. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Marara covers 109.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Marara is Dehradun, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Marara.

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

Marara is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Dhanaulti is about 10 km away. Mussoorie is about 20 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.