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About Malla Paya Village

Malla Paya is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 119 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malla Paya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malla Paya village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263635
Area (hectares) 45.42 hectares
Population 266
Male Population 119
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,235
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malla Paya compares

By the 2011 count Malla Paya is the 93rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 45.42 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 Malla Paya

Malla Paya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malla Paya as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Malla Paya from other places

Malla Paya lies about 16 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 55 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 Malla Paya
Tehsil headquarters Garud 16 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 16 km
Nearest town Almora 18 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 55 km

Villages closest to Malla Paya

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.

Common questions about Malla Paya

As per the Census of India 2011, Malla Paya village had a population of 266. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Malla Paya village has 119 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malla Paya has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1174.

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

Malla Paya covers 45.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malla Paya falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malla Paya is Kathgodam, about 55 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malla Paya.

Malla Paya is about 16 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malla Paya is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 16 km away. Bageshwar is about 16 km away. Almora is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Talla Paya (under 2 km), Pokhari (under 2 km) and Mahar Gheti (3.1 km).

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

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