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Mahar Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Mahar is a medium size village located in Ghansali Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 98 families residing. The Mahar village has population of 438 of which 200 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 79 which makes up 18.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahar village is 1190 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahar as per census is 1135, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Mahar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahar village was 69.36 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Mahar Male literacy stands at 85.89 % while female literacy rate was 55.61 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Mahar village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Mahar village.

Mahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 438 200 238
Child (0-6) 79 37 42
Schedule Caste 13 8 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.36 % 85.89 % 55.61 %
Total Workers 225 93 132
Main Worker 6 - -
Marginal Worker 219 89 130

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.97 % of total population in Mahar village. The village Mahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahar village out of total population, 225 were engaged in work activities. 2.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 225 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.