About Malari Village

Malari is a mid sized village in Joshimath tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,933, made up of 1,427 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 355 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10073.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246443, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Joshimath
Pincode	246443
Area (hectares)	10073.45 hectares
Population	1,933
Male Population	1,427
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	355
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malari compares

By the 2011 count Malari is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 319 residents. Its 10073.45 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Malari

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

Malari lies about 62 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 161 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 Malari
Tehsil headquarters	Joshimath	34 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	62 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	118 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	161 km

Villages closest to Malari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malari village had a population of 1,933. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 319 residents.

Malari village has 1,427 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malari has about 355 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

The pincode recorded for Malari is 246443. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malari covers 10073.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malari falls under Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malari is Kathgodam, about 161 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 Malari.

Malari is about 62 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malari is in Joshimath tehsil of Chamoli district. Joshimath is about 34 km away. Chamoli is about 62 km away. Srīnagar is about 118 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.