About Mal Gaon Village

Mal Gaon is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 128 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,328 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246169, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Chaubattakhal
Pincode	246169
Area (hectares)	60.22 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	128
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,328
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Mal Gaon is the 33rd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 60.22 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Mal Gaon

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

Mal Gaon lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 37 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 Mal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Chaubattakhal	8.7 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km
Nearest town	Pauri	32 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	37 km

Villages closest to Mal Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chaubattakhal 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 Mal Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Mal Gaon village had a population of 298. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Mal Gaon village has 128 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mal Gaon has about 1328 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Mal Gaon is 246169. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mal Gaon covers 60.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mal Gaon falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mal Gaon is Kotdwara, about 37 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 5 - 10 km distance for Mal Gaon.

Mal Gaon is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mal Gaon is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 8.7 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.