About Malaitha Village

Malaitha is a mid sized village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 961, made up of 541 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 776 females per 1000 males. The village covers 518.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 268196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaitha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaitha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	268196
Area (hectares)	518.17 hectares
Population	961
Male Population	541
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	776
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 Malaitha compares

By the 2011 count Malaitha is the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 518.17 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 953.

Getting to Malaitha

Malaitha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malaitha 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 Malaitha from other places

Malaitha lies about 47 km from Dehradun. 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 Malaitha
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	9.9 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	34 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	47 km

Villages closest to Malaitha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaitha village had a population of 961. That makes it the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Malaitha village has 541 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaitha has about 776 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Malaitha is 268196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaitha covers 518.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malaitha falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Malaitha notes the nearest railway station 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 Malaitha.

Malaitha is about 47 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaitha is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 9.9 km away. Mussoorie is about 34 km away. Dehradun is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.