About Malhanta Village

Malhanta is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 118 males and 99 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhanta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhanta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Fatehpur
Pincode	176058
Area (hectares)	146.21 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	118
Female Population	99
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	839
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malhanta compares

By the 2011 count Malhanta is the 87th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 146.21 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Malhanta

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

Malhanta lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Malhanta
Nearest railway station	Balle Da Pir Larth	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	26 km

Villages closest to Malhanta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhanta village had a population of 217. That makes it the 87th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Malhanta village has 118 males and 99 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhanta has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Malhanta is 176058. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhanta covers 146.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malhanta falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malhanta is Balle Da Pir Larth, about 18 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 Malhanta.

Malhanta is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhanta is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Balle Da Pir Larth is about 18 km away. Dharamsala is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.