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About Handul Malla Village

Handul Malla is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 29 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,414 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Handul Malla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handul Malla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 246172
Area (hectares) 98.35 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 29
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,414
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Handul Malla compares

By the 2011 count Handul Malla is the 131st largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 98.35 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1227.

Getting to Handul Malla

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

Handul Malla lies about 15 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 26 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 Handul Malla
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 2.3 km
District headquarters Garhwal 15 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 26 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 26 km

Villages closest to Handul Malla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Handul Malla village had a population of 70. That makes it the 131st largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Handul Malla village has 29 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handul Malla has about 1414 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Handul Malla is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Handul Malla covers 98.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Handul Malla falls under Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Handul Malla is Kotdwara, about 26 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 Handul Malla.

Handul Malla is about 15 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handul Malla is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 2.3 km away. Garhwal is about 15 km away. Kotdwāra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Handul Talla (under 2 km), Satpuli Malli (2.1 km) and Danda Malla (2.2 km).

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

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