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About Maykot Village

Maykot is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 357, made up of 164 males and 193 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maykot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maykot village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 52.5 hectares
Population 357
Male Population 164
Female Population 193
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,177
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maykot compares

By the 2011 count Maykot is the 135th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 52.5 hectares work out to about 6.8 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 Maykot

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

Maykot 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 Maykot
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 Maykot

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 Maykot

As per the Census of India 2011, Maykot village had a population of 357. That makes it the 135th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Maykot village has 164 males and 193 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maykot has about 1177 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 Maykot is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maykot covers 52.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Maykot 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 Maykot.

Maykot 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.

Maykot 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 Maykot today is likely to be higher.

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