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About Malkot Gaon Village

Malkot Gaon is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 38 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkot Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkot Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249125
Area (hectares) 5.99 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 38
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkot Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Malkot Gaon is the 250th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 5.99 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Malkot Gaon

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

Malkot Gaon lies about 64 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Malkot Gaon
Nearest town Kotdwāra 14 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 18 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 64 km

Villages closest to Malkot Gaon

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 Malkot Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkot Gaon village had a population of 79. That makes it the 250th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Malkot Gaon village has 38 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkot Gaon has about 1079 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 Malkot Gaon is 249125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkot Gaon covers 5.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malkot Gaon falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malkot Gaon is Kotdwara, about 14 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 Malkot Gaon.

Malkot Gaon is about 64 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkot Gaon is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwāra is about 14 km away. Kotdwara is about 14 km away. Ghansali is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thela (3.3 km), Maletha (4.3 km) and Kuran Gaon (4.8 km).

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

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