About Maila Village

Maila is a mid sized village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 223 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,323 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176091, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maila village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176091
Area (hectares)	170.16 hectares
Population	518
Male Population	223
Female Population	295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,323
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maila compares

By the 2011 count Maila is the 25th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 170.16 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 1217.

Getting to Maila

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

Maila lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Baijnath Mandir, about 2.9 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 Maila
Nearest railway station	Baijnath Mandir	2.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	38 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	39 km

Villages closest to Maila

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 Maila

As per the Census of India 2011, Maila village had a population of 518. That makes it the 25th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Maila village has 223 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maila has about 1323 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Maila is 176091. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maila covers 170.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Maila is Baijnath Mandir, about 2.9 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 Maila.

Maila is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maila is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Baijnath Mandir is about 2.9 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 15 km away. Kangra is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.