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About Moltha Village

Moltha is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 19 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Moltha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moltha village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246001
Area (hectares) 42.44 hectares
Population 42
Male Population 19
Female Population 23
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,211
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Moltha compares

By the 2011 count Moltha is the 496th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 42.44 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1259.

Getting to Moltha

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

Moltha lies about 25 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Moltha
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 20 km
District headquarters Garhwal 25 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km

Villages closest to Moltha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Moltha village had a population of 42. That makes it the 496th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Moltha village has 19 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moltha has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Moltha is 246001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Moltha covers 42.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Moltha falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Moltha is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Moltha.

Moltha is about 25 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moltha is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Garhwal is about 25 km away. Kotdwara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sunar Gaon (under 2 km), Nagar (1.9 km) and Nawasi Gaon (2.0 km).

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

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