About Malkana Village

Malkana is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,048, made up of 519 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 353.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkana village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176403
Area (hectares)	353.62 hectares
Population	1,048
Male Population	519
Female Population	529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkana compares

By the 2011 count Malkana is the 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 353.62 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Malkana

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

Malkana lies about 51 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 9.3 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 Malkana
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Chak Kalan	9.3 km
Nearest town	Mukeriān	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	51 km

Villages closest to Malkana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkana village had a population of 1,048. That makes it the 27th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Malkana village has 519 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkana has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Malkana is 176403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkana covers 353.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkana falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malkana is Chak Kalan, about 9.3 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 Malkana.

Malkana is about 51 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkana is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Indora is about 8.8 km away. Chak Kalan is about 9.3 km away. Mukeriān is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.