About Malethi Village

Malethi is a mid sized village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 230 males and 304 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,322 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246487, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malethi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246487
Area (hectares)	119.52 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	230
Female Population	304
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,322
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malethi compares

By the 2011 count Malethi is the 27th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 119.52 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Malethi

Malethi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malethi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Malethi from other places

Malethi lies about 59 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 58 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 Malethi
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	22 km
Nearest town	Almora	42 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	58 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	59 km

Villages closest to Malethi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malethi village had a population of 534. That makes it the 27th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Malethi village has 230 males and 304 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malethi has about 1322 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Malethi is 246487. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malethi covers 119.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malethi falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malethi is Ramnagar, about 58 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malethi.

Malethi is about 59 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malethi is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 22 km away. Almora is about 42 km away. Ramnagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.