About Metha Village

Metha is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 73, made up of 36 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246173, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Metha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Metha village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246173
Area (hectares)	325.1 hectares
Population	73
Male Population	36
Female Population	37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Metha compares

By the 2011 count Metha is the 314th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 325.1 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 Metha

Metha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Metha as Available within 5 - 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 Metha from other places

Metha lies about 11 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Metha
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	5.5 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	21 km

Villages closest to Metha

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Metha

As per the Census of India 2011, Metha village had a population of 73. That makes it the 314th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Metha village has 36 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Metha has about 1028 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 Metha is 246173. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Metha covers 325.1 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.

Metha falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Metha is Kotdwara, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Metha.

Metha is about 11 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Metha is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 5.5 km away. Garhwal is about 11 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.