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About Malan Charma Village

Malan Charma is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 63, made up of 29 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262541, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malan Charma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malan Charma village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262541
Area (hectares) 95.37 hectares
Population 63
Male Population 29
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,172
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malan Charma compares

By the 2011 count Malan Charma is the 269th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 95.37 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 1103.

Getting to Malan Charma

Malan Charma is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Malan Charma as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Charma from other places

Malan Charma lies about 20 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 78 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 Charma
District headquarters Pithoragarh 20 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 25 km
Nearest railway station Tanakpur 78 km

Villages closest to Malan Charma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malan Charma village had a population of 63. That makes it the 269th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Malan Charma village has 29 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malan Charma has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Malan Charma is 262541. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malan Charma covers 95.37 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.

Malan Charma falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malan Charma is Tanakpur, about 78 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malan Charma.

Malan Charma is about 20 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malan Charma is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Pithoragarh is about 20 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 20 km away. Didihat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ogala (under 2 km), Oglajorasi R F (under 2 km) and Nankuri (1.8 km).

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

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