About Mahthu Village

Mahthu is a small village in Renuka tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 238, made up of 138 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 725 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173023, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahthu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahthu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Renuka
Pincode	173023
Area (hectares)	168.4 hectares
Population	238
Male Population	138
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	725
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 Mahthu compares

By the 2011 count Mahthu is the 61st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 640 residents. Its 168.4 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 957.

Getting to Mahthu

Mahthu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mahthu 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mahthu from other places

Mahthu lies about 6.3 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 43 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 Mahthu
Tehsil headquarters	Renuka	6.3 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	6.3 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	16 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	43 km

Villages closest to Mahthu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahthu village had a population of 238. That makes it the 61st largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 640 residents.

Mahthu village has 138 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahthu has about 725 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Mahthu is 173023. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahthu covers 168.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahthu falls under Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Mahthu is Barog, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Mahthu.

Mahthu is about 6.3 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahthu is in Renuka tehsil of Sirmaur district. Renuka is about 6.3 km away. Sirmaur is about 6.3 km away. Nāhan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.