About Magalta Village

Magalta is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 102 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magalta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magalta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Garud
Pincode	263635
Area (hectares)	61.08 hectares
Population	231
Male Population	102
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,265
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Magalta compares

By the 2011 count Magalta is the 103rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 61.08 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Magalta

Magalta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Magalta as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Magalta from other places

Magalta lies about 21 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 75 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 Magalta
Tehsil headquarters	Garud	21 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	21 km
Nearest town	Almora	39 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	75 km

Villages closest to Magalta

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

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Common questions about Magalta

As per the Census of India 2011, Magalta village had a population of 231. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Magalta village has 102 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magalta has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Magalta is 263635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magalta covers 61.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magalta falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Magalta is Kathgodam, about 75 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Magalta.

Magalta is about 21 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magalta is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 21 km away. Bageshwar is about 21 km away. Almora is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.