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About Malan Range Village

Malan Range is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 20, made up of 10 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malan Range Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malan Range village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 6.07 hectares
Population 20
Male Population 10
Female Population 10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Malan Range compares

By the 2011 count Malan Range is the 419th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 6.07 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Malan Range

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

Malan Range lies about 22 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 Malan Range
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 15 km
District headquarters Garhwal 22 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 32 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 32 km

Villages closest to Malan Range

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.

Common questions about Malan Range

As per the Census of India 2011, Malan Range village had a population of 20. That makes it the 419th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Malan Range village has 10 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malan Range has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Malan Range is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malan Range covers 6.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malan Range falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malan Range 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 Malan Range.

Malan Range is about 22 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malan Range is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 15 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Kotdwāra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bulekha (1.8 km), Kathwara Maudari (2.5 km) and Kudar (2.5 km).

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

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