About Malai Village

Malai is one of the larger villages in Hathin tehsil, in the district of Palwal, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,990, made up of 4,192 males and 3,798 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 533 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 121103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malai village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Palwal
Tehsil	Hathin
Pincode	121103
Area (hectares)	533 hectares
Population	7,990
Male Population	4,192
Female Population	3,798
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malai compares

By the 2011 count Malai is the 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,223 residents. Its 533 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Malai

Malai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malai from other places

Malai lies about 23 km from Palwal, and the nearest railway station is Sholaka, about 20 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 Malai
Tehsil headquarters	Hathin	9.2 km
Nearest town	Pūnāhāna	16 km
Nearest railway station	Sholaka	20 km
District headquarters	Palwal	23 km

Villages closest to Malai

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

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Common questions about Malai

As per the Census of India 2011, Malai village had a population of 7,990. That makes it the 8th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,223 residents.

Malai village has 4,192 males and 3,798 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malai has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Malai is 121103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malai covers 533 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malai falls under Hathin tehsil of Palwal district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Malai is Sholaka, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Malai.

Malai is about 23 km from Palwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malai is in Hathin tehsil of Palwal district. Hathin is about 9.2 km away. Pūnāhāna is about 16 km away. Sholaka is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.