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About Maid Village

Maid is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 889, made up of 434 males and 455 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maid Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maid village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249125
Area (hectares) 160.06 hectares
Population 889
Male Population 434
Female Population 455
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maid compares

By the 2011 count Maid is the 24th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 160.06 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 1240.

Getting to Maid

Maid is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Maid as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Maid from other places

Maid lies about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 12 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 Maid
Nearest town Kotdwāra 12 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 16 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 60 km

Villages closest to Maid

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maid village had a population of 889. That makes it the 24th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Maid village has 434 males and 455 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maid has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Maid is 249125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maid covers 160.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maid falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maid is Kotdwara, about 12 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maid.

Maid is about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maid is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 12 km away. Kotdwara is about 12 km away. Ghansali is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ashgarh (under 2 km), Koti Maya Magaro (under 2 km) and Mangar (under 2 km).

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

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