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About Maindu Village

Maindu is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 50, made up of 28 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 786 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maindu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maindu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 44.91 hectares
Population 50
Male Population 28
Female Population 22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 786
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maindu compares

By the 2011 count Maindu is the 262nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 44.91 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Maindu

Maindu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maindu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Mahar, Mahar Gaon, Mahar Gaon Malla and Mahar Goan Talla. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Maindu

As per the Census of India 2011, Maindu village had a population of 50. That makes it the 262nd largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Maindu village has 28 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maindu has about 786 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Maindu is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maindu covers 44.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Maindu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maindu.

Maindu is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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