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About Malyakot Village

Malyakot is a mid sized village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 725, made up of 311 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,331 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malyakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malyakot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 83.8 hectares
Population 725
Male Population 311
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,331
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malyakot compares

By the 2011 count Malyakot is the 37th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 83.8 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

Getting to Malyakot

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

Malyakot lies about 16 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 Malyakot
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Tehri 16 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 31 km

Villages closest to Malyakot

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 Malyakot

As per the Census of India 2011, Malyakot village had a population of 725. That makes it the 37th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Malyakot village has 311 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malyakot has about 1331 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1240.

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

Malyakot covers 83.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Malyakot 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 Malyakot.

Malyakot is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malyakot is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Rishikesh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budkot (under 2 km), Damkot (under 2 km) and Kot (under 2 km).

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

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