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About Maidan Garh Village

Maidan Garh is a small village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 184, made up of 99 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maidan Garh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maidan Garh village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 177203
Area (hectares) 148.46 hectares
Population 184
Male Population 99
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maidan Garh compares

By the 2011 count Maidan Garh is the 171st largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 148.46 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Maidan Garh

Maidan Garh is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Maidan Garh as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Maidan Garh from other places

Maidan Garh lies about 40 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 20 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 Maidan Garh
Tehsil headquarters Amb 18 km
Nearest railway station Chintpurni Marg 20 km
Nearest town Talwāra 34 km
District headquarters Una 40 km

Villages closest to Maidan Garh

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

Common questions about Maidan Garh

As per the Census of India 2011, Maidan Garh village had a population of 184. That makes it the 171st largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Maidan Garh village has 99 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maidan Garh has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Maidan Garh is 177203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maidan Garh covers 148.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maidan Garh falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maidan Garh is Chintpurni Marg, about 20 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maidan Garh.

Maidan Garh is about 40 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maidan Garh is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 18 km away. Chintpurni Marg is about 20 km away. Talwāra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amlehar (2.2 km), Behar Jaswan Kashi (2.2 km) and Bhalehar (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Maidan Garh today is likely to be higher.

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