About Maletha Village

Maletha is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 205, made up of 87 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,356 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, 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	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	118.64 hectares
Population	205
Male Population	87
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,356
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 Maletha compares

By the 2011 count Maletha is the 60th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 118.64 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1206.

Getting to Maletha

Maletha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Maletha 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 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
District headquarters	Garhwal	6.9 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	24 km

Villages closest to Maletha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maletha village had a population of 205. That makes it the 60th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Maletha village has 87 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maletha has about 1356 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Maletha is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maletha covers 118.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maletha falls under Yamkeshwar 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ 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 Yamkeshwar 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.