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- LGD code
- 45408
- Pincode
- 246147
- Post office
- Khirshu
- Population
- 140
- Households
- 39
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1692 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 38
- Distance to district centre
- 28 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 24 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 80 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 237 km
- Nearest railway station
- Rishikesh · 55 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Kherakhal · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kolta compares
By population, Kolta ranks #57 of 221 villages in Srinagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.7%
−1.2% vs mandal average
- Kolta
- 75.7%
- Srinagar mandal
- 76.9%
- Pauri Garhwal district
- 72.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,692
+649 vs mandal average
- Kolta
- 1,692
- Srinagar mandal
- 1,043
Household size
people per home
3.6
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Kolta
- 3.6
- Srinagar mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kolta at a glance
Kolta is a village of 140 people in 39 households (Census 2011) in Srinagar tehsil, Pauri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, the 57th-largest of 221 villages in Srinagar tehsil. Literacy is 76%, 1 points below the tehsil average of 77% and the sex ratio is 1,692 women per 1,000 men. It lies 28 km from the Pauri Garhwal district centre, 16 km from Kulheri, the nearest town, 55 km from Rishikesh railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246147, served by Khirshu post office; the LGD village code is 45408. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Kherakhal, 6 km away. The village votes in Srinagar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 165 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Kolta
- LGD code
- 45408
- Pincode
- 246147
- Post office
- Khirshu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 140
- Population (projected 2026)
- 165
- Households
- 39
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1692
- Literacy rate
- 75.7%
- Coordinates
- 30.19507°N, 78.85390°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Srinagar
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Srinagar
Getting there
How to reach Kolta
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun80 kmcapital
- Delhi237 km
- Kolkata1270 km
- Mumbai1375 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationRishikesh55 km
- Bus stopRatura22 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Kherakhal6 km
- ATM / bankPolytechnic SBI ATM9 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum5 km
- CollegeCHAURAS GROUND6 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station16 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kolta
4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- 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)