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About Moldhar Village

Moldhar is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 117 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,718 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Moldhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moldhar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 117.61 hectares
Population 318
Male Population 117
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,718
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 Moldhar compares

By the 2011 count Moldhar is the 90th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 117.61 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Moldhar

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

Moldhar lies about 4.2 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 33 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 Moldhar
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 4.2 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 4.2 km
Nearest town Tehri 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 33 km

Villages closest to Moldhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Moldhar village had a population of 318. That makes it the 90th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Moldhar village has 117 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moldhar has about 1718 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Moldhar is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Moldhar covers 117.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Moldhar falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Moldhar is Rishikesh, about 33 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 Moldhar.

Moldhar is about 4.2 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moldhar is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Devprayag is about 4.2 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 4.2 km away. Tehri is about 4.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gangwari Gaon (2.2 km), Gwari Lagga Gusian Gaon (2.2 km) and Jakhanimay Ghildiyalgaon (2.3 km).

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

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