About Jaltha Village

Jaltha is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 88, made up of 38 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,316 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Jaltha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Jaltha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246128
Area (hectares)	144.34 hectares
Population	88
Male Population	38
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,316
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 Jaltha compares

By the 2011 count Jaltha is the 193rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 144.34 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Jaltha

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

Jaltha lies about 14 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 19 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 Jaltha
District headquarters	Garhwal	14 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	19 km

Villages closest to Jaltha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Jaltha village had a population of 88. That makes it the 193rd largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Jaltha village has 38 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Jaltha has about 1316 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Jaltha is 246128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Jaltha covers 144.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Jaltha falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Jaltha is Kotdwara, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Jaltha.

Jaltha is about 14 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Jaltha is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 14 km away. Kotdwāra is about 18 km away. Kotdwara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.