About Maikhandi Village

Maikhandi is a mid sized village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 291 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maikhandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maikhandi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Devprayag
Pincode	249161
Area (hectares)	166.07 hectares
Population	619
Male Population	291
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maikhandi compares

By the 2011 count Maikhandi is the 27th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 166.07 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 1228.

Getting to Maikhandi

Maikhandi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maikhandi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Maikhandi from other places

Maikhandi lies about 20 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 44 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 Maikhandi
Nearest town	Srīnagar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devprayag	20 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	20 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	44 km

Villages closest to Maikhandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maikhandi village had a population of 619. That makes it the 27th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Maikhandi village has 291 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maikhandi has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Maikhandi is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maikhandi covers 166.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maikhandi falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maikhandi is Rishikesh, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Maikhandi.

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

Maikhandi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 15 km away. Devprayag is about 20 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.