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About Maletha Village

Maletha is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 85 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,153 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maletha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maletha village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249155
Area (hectares) 123.38 hectares
Population 183
Male Population 85
Female Population 98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,153
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 Maletha compares

By the 2011 count Maletha is the 206th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 123.38 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1240.

Getting to Maletha

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

Maletha lies about 60 km from Tehri 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 Ghansali 14 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 17 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 17 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 60 km

Villages closest to Maletha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansali 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 183. That makes it the 206th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Maletha village has 85 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maletha has about 1153 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Maletha is 249155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maletha covers 123.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maletha falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Maletha.

Maletha is about 60 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maletha is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Ghansali is about 14 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.

The closest recorded villages are Sainj (under 2 km), Lasyal Gaon (3.1 km) and Thela (3.5 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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