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About Semalta Village

Semalta is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 174, made up of 82 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Semalta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Semalta village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249145
Area (hectares) 68.92 hectares
Population 174
Male Population 82
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,122
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 Semalta compares

By the 2011 count Semalta is the 169th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 68.92 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Semalta

Semalta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Semalta 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 Semalta from other places

Semalta lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Semalta
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 11 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 11 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km

Villages closest to Semalta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Semalta village had a population of 174. That makes it the 169th largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Semalta village has 82 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Semalta has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Semalta is 249145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Semalta covers 68.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Semalta falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Semalta is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Semalta.

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

Semalta is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri is about 11 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Rishikesh is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Semalwari (under 2 km), Kastal (under 2 km) and Kausal (under 2 km).

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

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