About Melbagar Village

Melbagar is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 91 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,253 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melbagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melbagar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	33.89 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	91
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,253
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 Melbagar compares

By the 2011 count Melbagar is the 113th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 33.89 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Melbagar

Melbagar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Melbagar 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 Melbagar from other places

Melbagar lies about 39 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Melbagar
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	5.0 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	39 km
Nearest town	Pauri	46 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	76 km

Villages closest to Melbagar

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 Melbagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Melbagar village had a population of 205. That makes it the 113th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Melbagar village has 91 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melbagar has about 1253 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Melbagar is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melbagar covers 33.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Melbagar falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Melbagar is Ramnagar, about 76 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 Melbagar.

Melbagar is about 39 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melbagar is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 5.0 km away. Chamoli is about 39 km away. Pauri is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.