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About Maungi Village

Maungi is a mid sized village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 289 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249186, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maungi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maungi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Dhanaulti
Pincode 249186
Area (hectares) 194.25 hectares
Population 563
Male Population 289
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maungi compares

By the 2011 count Maungi is the 33rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 194.25 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Maungi

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

Maungi lies about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Maungi
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 13 km
Nearest town Tehri 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhanaulti 20 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 24 km

Villages closest to Maungi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maungi village had a population of 563. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Maungi village has 289 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maungi has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Maungi is 249186. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maungi covers 194.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maungi falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maungi is Rishikesh, about 24 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 village for Maungi.

Maungi is about 13 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maungi is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 13 km away. Tehri is about 13 km away. Dhanaulti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gaind (4.4 km), Tingari (5.9 km) and Kalawan Tegana (6.4 km).

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

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