Mahara or Mahra (महरा) is a surname in Uttarakhand, India, and in Nepal.
Notable people Notable people with the surname include: Kalu Singh Mahara, Indian Kumaoni freedom fighter Krishna Bahadur Mahara (born 1958), Nepalese politician and minister Karan Mahara (born 1972), Indian politician Mahendra Singh Mahra, Indian politician and MP of Rajya Sabha for Uttarakhand Ummed Singh Mahra (21 January 1942 – 6 July 1971), Indian Kumaoni posthumous recipient of the Ashoka Chakra