About Minal Gaon Village

Minal Gaon is a small village in Munsiari tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 26 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Minal Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minal Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Munsiari
Pincode	262554
Area (hectares)	11.41 hectares
Population	51
Male Population	26
Female Population	25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
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 Minal Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Minal Gaon is the 168th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 213 residents. Its 11.41 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Minal Gaon

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

Minal Gaon lies about 24 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 53 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 Minal Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Munsiari	24 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	24 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	53 km

Villages closest to Minal Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Minal Gaon village had a population of 51. That makes it the 168th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 213 residents.

Minal Gaon village has 26 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minal Gaon has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Minal Gaon is 262554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Minal Gaon covers 11.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Minal Gaon falls under Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Minal Gaon is Kathgodam, about 53 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 Minal Gaon.

Minal Gaon is about 24 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minal Gaon is in Munsiari tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Munsiari is about 24 km away. Pithoragarh is about 24 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.