About Paletha Village

Paletha is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9, made up of 5 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paletha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paletha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246127
Area (hectares)	48.18 hectares
Population	9
Male Population	5
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
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 Paletha compares

By the 2011 count Paletha is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 48.18 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1139.

Getting to Paletha

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

Paletha lies about 6.9 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Paletha
District headquarters	Garhwal	6.9 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	17 km

Villages closest to Paletha

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 Paletha

As per the Census of India 2011, Paletha village had a population of 9. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Paletha village has 5 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paletha has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Paletha is 246127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paletha covers 48.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paletha falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paletha is Kotdwara, about 17 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 Paletha.

Paletha is about 6.9 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paletha is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 6.9 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Kotdwara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.