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About Maleta Village

Maleta is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 120, made up of 56 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 17.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maleta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maleta village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 17.66 hectares
Population 120
Male Population 56
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maleta compares

By the 2011 count Maleta is the 222nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 17.66 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Maleta

Maleta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maleta as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maleta from other places

Maleta lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Tripal, about 11 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 Maleta
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Tripal 11 km
District headquarters Kangra 21 km
Nearest town Talwāra 29 km

Villages closest to Maleta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Maleta

As per the Census of India 2011, Maleta village had a population of 120. That makes it the 222nd largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Maleta village has 56 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maleta has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Maleta is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maleta covers 17.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maleta falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Maleta is Tripal, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Maleta.

Maleta is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maleta is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 3.8 km away. Tripal is about 11 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haveli (under 2 km), Basi (under 2 km) and Bassi (under 2 km).

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

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