About Lelta Village

Lelta is a mid sized village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 298 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Lelta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Lelta village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248165
Area (hectares)	287.42 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	298
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
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 Lelta compares

By the 2011 count Lelta is the 16th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 287.42 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Lelta

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

Lelta lies about 37 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 Lelta
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	7.3 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	24 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	37 km

Villages closest to Lelta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Lelta village had a population of 579. That makes it the 16th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Lelta village has 298 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Lelta has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Lelta is 248165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Lelta covers 287.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Lelta falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

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

Lelta is about 37 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Lelta is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 7.3 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 24 km away. Dehradun is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.