About Melth Village

Melth is a small village in Kotkhai tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 286, made up of 164 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 744 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Melth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melth village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Kotkhai
Pincode	171202
Area (hectares)	77.91 hectares
Population	286
Male Population	164
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	744
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melth compares

By the 2011 count Melth is the 33rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. Its 77.91 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Melth

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

Melth lies about 34 km from Shimla. 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 Melth
Tehsil headquarters	Kotkhai	5.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	34 km

Villages closest to Melth

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

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Common questions about Melth

As per the Census of India 2011, Melth village had a population of 286. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Melth village has 164 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melth has about 744 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Melth is 171202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Melth covers 77.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melth falls under Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Melth notes the nearest railway station 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 Melth.

Melth is about 34 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melth is in Kotkhai tehsil of Shimla district. Kotkhai is about 5.7 km away. Shimla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.