About Mal Village

Mal is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 29 males and 49 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,690 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	59.02 hectares
Population	78
Male Population	29
Female Population	49
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,690
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 Mal compares

By the 2011 count Mal is the 305th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 59.02 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1243.

Getting to Mal

Mal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mal 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 Mal from other places

Mal lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	23 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	26 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	32 km

Villages closest to Mal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mal village had a population of 78. That makes it the 305th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Mal village has 29 males and 49 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mal has about 1690 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Mal is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mal covers 59.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mal falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mal is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Mal.

Mal 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 is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 23 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Kotdwara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.