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Mahar Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Mahar is a medium size village located in Devprayag Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 182 families residing. The Mahar village has population of 740 of which 329 are males while 411 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 102 which makes up 13.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahar village is 1249 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahar as per census is 962, higher than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Mahar village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahar village was 60.97 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Mahar Male literacy stands at 83.03 % while female literacy rate was 44.04 %.

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 182 - -
Population 740 329 411
Child (0-6) 102 52 50
Schedule Caste 49 27 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.97 % 83.03 % 44.04 %
Total Workers 361 134 227
Main Worker 69 - -
Marginal Worker 292 89 203

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.62 % 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, 361 were engaged in work activities. 19.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 80.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 361 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.