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- LGD code
- 44624
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population
- 961
- Households
- 108
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Sex ratio
- 776 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 332
Census 2011 · in context
How Malaitha compares
By population, Malaitha ranks #10 of 137 villages in Chakrata mandal.
Literacy rate
%
55.3%
+6.0% vs mandal average
- Malaitha
- 55.3%
- Chakrata mandal
- 49.3%
- Dehradun district
- 74.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
776
−161 vs mandal average
- Malaitha
- 776
- Chakrata mandal
- 937
Household size
people per home
8.9
+0.4 vs mandal average
- Malaitha
- 8.9
- Chakrata mandal
- 8.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Malaitha at a glance
Malaitha is a village of 961 people in 108 households (Census 2011) in Chakrata tehsil, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, the 10th-largest of 137 villages in Chakrata tehsil. Literacy is 55%, 6 points above the tehsil average of 49% and the sex ratio is 776 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 248001, served by Araghar post office; the LGD village code is 44624. The village votes in Dhanolti assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pritam Singh Panwar. The population is estimated at 1,133 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Malaitha
- LGD code
- 44624
- Pincode
- 248001
- Post office
- Araghar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 961
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,133
- Households
- 108
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 776
- Literacy rate
- 55.3%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Tehri Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhanolti
- Member of Parliament
- Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pritam Singh Panwar
- Block / Mandal
- Chakrata
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Other villages named Malaitha
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- Masak
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- Lawari(Datruta)
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- Sawara
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- Rajanu
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)