About Maugh Village

Maugh is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 98 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maugh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maugh village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Chiniyalisaur
Pincode	249151
Area (hectares)	43.84 hectares
Population	183
Male Population	98
Female Population	85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maugh compares

By the 2011 count Maugh is the 78th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 43.84 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Maugh

Maugh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maugh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Maugh from other places

Maugh lies about 20 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, 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 Maugh
Tehsil headquarters	Chiniyalisaur	20 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	20 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	27 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	41 km

Villages closest to Maugh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maugh village had a population of 183. That makes it the 78th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Maugh village has 98 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maugh has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Maugh is 249151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maugh covers 43.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maugh falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

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

Maugh is about 20 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maugh is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 20 km away. Uttarkashi is about 20 km away. Mussoorie is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.