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About Maindra Gaon Village

Maindra Gaon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 39, made up of 18 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maindra Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maindra Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 19.85 hectares
Population 39
Male Population 18
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maindra Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Maindra Gaon is the 300th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 19.85 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Maindra Gaon

Maindra Gaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maindra Gaon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Maindra Gaon from other places

Maindra Gaon lies about 31 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 41 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 Maindra Gaon
Nearest town Mussoorie 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 31 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 31 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 41 km

Villages closest to Maindra Gaon

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.

Common questions about Maindra Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Maindra Gaon village had a population of 39. That makes it the 300th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Maindra Gaon village has 18 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maindra Gaon has about 1167 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 Maindra Gaon is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maindra Gaon covers 19.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maindra Gaon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maindra Gaon is Dehradun, about 41 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 10+ km distance for Maindra Gaon.

Maindra Gaon is about 31 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maindra Gaon is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 27 km away. Devprayag is about 31 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghadiyal Dhar (4.6 km), Chaupra (4.9 km) and Bangari Gaon (5.2 km).

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

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