About Maltura Village

Maltura is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 30 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maltura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maltura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246444
Area (hectares)	14.2 hectares
Population	57
Male Population	30
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maltura compares

By the 2011 count Maltura is the 249th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 14.2 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

Getting to Maltura

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

Maltura lies about 35 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 84 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 Maltura
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	11 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	35 km
Nearest town	Almora	60 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	84 km

Villages closest to Maltura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maltura village had a population of 57. That makes it the 249th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Maltura village has 30 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maltura has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Maltura is 246444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maltura covers 14.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maltura falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maltura is Ramnagar, about 84 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 Maltura.

Maltura is about 35 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maltura is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 11 km away. Chamoli is about 35 km away. Almora is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.