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About Malethi Village

Malethi is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17, made up of 10 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 700 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malethi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246279
Area (hectares) 46.03 hectares
Population 17
Male Population 10
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 700
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malethi compares

By the 2011 count Malethi is the 305th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 46.03 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1280.

Getting to Malethi

Malethi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Malethi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 26 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 Dhoomakot 16 km
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 26 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 26 km

Villages closest to Malethi

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

Common questions about Malethi

As per the Census of India 2011, Malethi village had a population of 17. That makes it the 305th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Malethi village has 10 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malethi has about 700 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Malethi is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malethi covers 46.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malethi falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Malethi is Kotdwara, about 26 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malethi.

Malethi is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malethi is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 16 km away. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairad (under 2 km), Danddhar Malla (3.1 km) and Danddhar Talla (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Malethi today is likely to be higher.

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