About Malkot Village

Malkot is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 111 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246431
Area (hectares)	71.28 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	111
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkot compares

By the 2011 count Malkot is the 100th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 71.28 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Malkot

Malkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malkot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malkot from other places

Malkot lies about 50 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 67 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 Malkot
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	14 km
Nearest town	Almora	49 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	50 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	67 km

Villages closest to Malkot

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 Malkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkot village had a population of 238. That makes it the 100th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Malkot village has 111 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkot has about 1144 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 Malkot is 246431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkot covers 71.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkot falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malkot is Ramnagar, about 67 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Malkot.

Malkot is about 50 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkot is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 14 km away. Almora is about 49 km away. Chamoli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.