# Mahar Kanda Village, Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal 

# Mahar Kanda

Mahar Kanda is a village in Devprayag sub-district of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **113 people in 31 households**, the 229th largest of 365 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.2%.

- 113people (2011)
- 31households
- 73.7%literacy
- 1,216females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahar Kanda

Of every 100 households in Mahar Kanda in 2011, 94 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 31 cooked with LPG; 88 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahar Kanda · ■ Devprayag rural average

Electricity for lighting ****94%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****75%**

**48%

No toilet (open defecation) ****25%**

**51%

Tap water ****100%**

**80%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****31%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**67%

Use banking services ****88%**

**93%

Television ****84%**

**51%

Mobile phone ****88%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mahar Kanda?

■ Mahar Kanda · ■ Devprayag rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**75.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1216**

**1122

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**888

Working population ****32.7%**

**46.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 63.5% for women. 57% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Other work 32 (86%) · **■** Marginal 5 (14%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Devprayag

- Khongcha116 people
- Gurchholi115 people
- Soni114 people
- Lingwana113 people
- Doblya112 people
- Dogyar112 people
- Jhirkoti112 people
- Masun111 people

[All 378 villages in Devprayag](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/tehri-garhwal/devprayag/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahar Kanda?113 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahar Kanda in?Tehri Garhwal district (Devprayag sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Mahar Kanda?73.7% (Census 2011)