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About Umalda Village

Umalda is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 12 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,667 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Umalda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Umalda village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Kotdwara
Pincode 246127
Area (hectares) 75.35 hectares
Population 44
Male Population 12
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,667
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Umalda compares

By the 2011 count Umalda is the 241st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 75.35 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1139.

Getting to Umalda

Umalda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Umalda as Available within 5 - 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 Umalda from other places

Umalda lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 38 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 Umalda
District headquarters Garhwal 28 km
Nearest town Pauri 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 38 km

Villages closest to Umalda

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

Common questions about Umalda

As per the Census of India 2011, Umalda village had a population of 44. That makes it the 241st largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Umalda village has 12 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Umalda has about 2667 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Umalda is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Umalda covers 75.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Umalda falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Umalda is Kotdwara, about 38 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Umalda.

Umalda is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Umalda is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 28 km away. Pauri is about 28 km away. Kotdwara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kola (2.4 km), Teli Wara (2.5 km) and Koli Gaon (3.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Umalda today is likely to be higher.

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