About Meltha Village

Meltha is a small village in Tharali tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 174 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246481, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Meltha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Meltha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Tharali
Pincode	246481
Area (hectares)	84.6 hectares
Population	330
Male Population	174
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
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 Meltha compares

By the 2011 count Meltha is the 85th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 84.6 hectares work out to about 3.9 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 1152.

Getting to Meltha

Meltha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Meltha 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 Meltha from other places

Meltha lies about 39 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 Meltha
Tehsil headquarters	Tharali	6.0 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	39 km
Nearest town	Almora	56 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	84 km

Villages closest to Meltha

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 Meltha

As per the Census of India 2011, Meltha village had a population of 330. That makes it the 85th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Meltha village has 174 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Meltha has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1152.

The pincode recorded for Meltha is 246481. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Meltha covers 84.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Meltha falls under Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Meltha 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Meltha.

Meltha is about 39 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Meltha is in Tharali tehsil of Chamoli district. Tharali is about 6.0 km away. Chamoli is about 39 km away. Almora is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.