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About Pasta Malla Village

Pasta Malla is a small village in Satpuli tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 26 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 266172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pasta Malla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pasta Malla village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Satpuli
Pincode 266172
Area (hectares) 85.52 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 26
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,192
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pasta Malla compares

By the 2011 count Pasta Malla is the 144th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 132 residents. Its 85.52 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1227.

Getting to Pasta Malla

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

Pasta Malla lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 27 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 Pasta Malla
Tehsil headquarters Satpuli 10 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 26 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 27 km

Villages closest to Pasta 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 Pasta Malla

As per the Census of India 2011, Pasta Malla village had a population of 57. That makes it the 144th largest of the 235 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 132 residents.

Pasta Malla village has 26 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pasta Malla has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1227.

The pincode recorded for Pasta Malla is 266172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pasta Malla covers 85.52 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Pasta Malla is Kotdwara, about 27 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Pasta Malla.

Pasta Malla is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pasta Malla is in Satpuli tehsil of Garhwal district. Satpuli is about 10 km away. Garhwal is about 16 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 Pasta Talla (under 2 km), Jhangoriya (under 2 km) and Pathol Gaon (under 2 km).

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

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