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About Mal Gadhi Village

Mal Gadhi is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 310, made up of 123 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,520 females per 1000 males. The village covers 261.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mal Gadhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mal Gadhi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 261.18 hectares
Population 310
Male Population 123
Female Population 187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,520
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mal Gadhi compares

By the 2011 count Mal Gadhi is the 93rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 261.18 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1228.

Getting to Mal Gadhi

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

Mal Gadhi lies about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Harrawala, about 28 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 Mal Gadhi
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 12 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 12 km
Nearest town Tehri 12 km
Nearest railway station Harrawala 28 km

Villages closest to Mal Gadhi

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 Mal Gadhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Mal Gadhi village had a population of 310. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Mal Gadhi village has 123 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mal Gadhi has about 1520 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

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

Mal Gadhi covers 261.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mal Gadhi falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Mal Gadhi is Harrawala, about 28 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 <5 km distance for Mal Gadhi.

Mal Gadhi is about 12 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mal Gadhi is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 12 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 12 km away. Tehri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogad Gaon (under 2 km), Khadoli Talli (under 2 km) and Rigoli Talli (under 2 km).

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

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