About Malehr Village

Malehr is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 163 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 73.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176102
Area (hectares)	73.15 hectares
Population	345
Male Population	163
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,117
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malehr compares

By the 2011 count Malehr is the 61st largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 73.15 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Malehr

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

Malehr lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Malehr
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Malehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malehr village had a population of 345. That makes it the 61st largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Malehr village has 163 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malehr has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Malehr is 176102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malehr covers 73.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malehr falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malehr is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 16 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 Malehr.

Malehr is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malehr is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 13 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.