About Malai Village

Malai is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 580, made up of 277 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248487, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malai village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	248487
Area (hectares)	180.61 hectares
Population	580
Male Population	277
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malai compares

By the 2011 count Malai is the 23rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 180.61 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Malai

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

Malai lies about 56 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 53 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 Malai
Nearest town	Pauri	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	30 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	53 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	56 km

Villages closest to Malai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malai village had a population of 580. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Malai village has 277 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malai has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Malai is 248487. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malai covers 180.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malai falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malai is Kotdwara, about 53 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 10+ km distance for Malai.

Malai is about 56 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malai is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Pauri is about 26 km away. Gairsain is about 30 km away. Kotdwara is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.