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About Maletha Village

Maletha is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 192, made up of 89 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maletha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maletha village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246128
Area (hectares) 119.68 hectares
Population 192
Male Population 89
Female Population 103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maletha compares

By the 2011 count Maletha is the 129th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 119.68 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Maletha

Maletha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maletha as Available within village. 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 Maletha from other places

Maletha 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 Maletha
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 6.1 km
District headquarters Garhwal 6.9 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 17 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 17 km

Villages closest to Maletha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maletha village had a population of 192. That makes it the 129th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Maletha village has 89 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maletha has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

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

Maletha covers 119.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maletha falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Maletha 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Maletha.

Maletha 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.

Maletha is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 6.1 km away. Garhwal is about 6.9 km away. Kotdwāra is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simalsaira (under 2 km), Simliya (under 2 km) and Losan (under 2 km).

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

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