About Melyagwar Village

Melyagwar is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9, made up of 4 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,250 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melyagwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melyagwar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	39.81 hectares
Population	9
Male Population	4
Female Population	5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,250
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melyagwar compares

By the 2011 count Melyagwar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 39.81 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Melyagwar

Melyagwar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Melyagwar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Melyagwar from other places

Melyagwar lies about 14 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 94 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 Melyagwar
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	5.4 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	14 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	47 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	94 km

Villages closest to Melyagwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Melyagwar village had a population of 9. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Melyagwar village has 4 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melyagwar has about 1250 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Melyagwar is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melyagwar covers 39.81 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.

Melyagwar falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Melyagwar is Kotdwara, about 94 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 5 - 10 km distance for Melyagwar.

Melyagwar is about 14 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melyagwar is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 5.4 km away. Chamoli is about 14 km away. Srīnagar is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.