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About Malot Village

Malot is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 225 males and 260 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,156 females per 1000 males. The village covers 472 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaswan
Pincode 177112
Area (hectares) 472 hectares
Population 485
Male Population 225
Female Population 260
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,156
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malot compares

By the 2011 count Malot is the 26th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 472 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Malot

Malot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Malot as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Malot from other places

Malot lies about 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 8.8 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 Malot
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 8.8 km
Nearest town Talwāra 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaswan 31 km
District headquarters Kangra 31 km

Villages closest to Malot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malot village had a population of 485. That makes it the 26th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Malot village has 225 males and 260 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malot has about 1156 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Malot is 177112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malot covers 472 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malot falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malot is Kartoli Punjab, about 8.8 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malot.

Malot is about 31 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malot is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Kartoli Punjab is about 8.8 km away. Talwāra is about 13 km away. Jaswan is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rail (2.7 km), Kasba (2.8 km) and Banori (3.3 km).

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

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