About Maithal Village

Maithal is a small village in Nalagarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 141 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 184 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maithal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maithal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Nalagarh
Pincode	174101
Area (hectares)	184 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	141
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maithal compares

By the 2011 count Maithal is the 111th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 362 residents. Its 184 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 918.

Getting to Maithal

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

Maithal lies about 42 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 12 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 Maithal
Tehsil headquarters	Nalagarh	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	12 km
Nearest town	Baddi	17 km
District headquarters	Solan	42 km

Villages closest to Maithal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maithal village had a population of 264. That makes it the 111th largest of the 270 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 362 residents.

Maithal village has 141 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maithal has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Maithal is 174101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maithal covers 184 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.

Maithal falls under Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maithal is Bharatgarh, about 12 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 Maithal.

Maithal is about 42 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maithal is in Nalagarh tehsil of Solan district. Nalagarh is about 6.7 km away. Bharatgarh is about 12 km away. Baddi is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.