About Malnu Village

Malnu is a small village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 185 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176083, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malnu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malnu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176083
Area (hectares)	84.5 hectares
Population	400
Male Population	185
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,162
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malnu compares

By the 2011 count Malnu is the 156th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 84.5 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Malnu

Malnu is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malnu as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malnu from other places

Malnu lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Patti Rajpura, about 5.0 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 Malnu
Nearest railway station	Patti Rajpura	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	10 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	28 km

Villages closest to Malnu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malnu village had a population of 400. That makes it the 156th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Malnu village has 185 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malnu has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Malnu is 176083. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malnu covers 84.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malnu falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malnu is Patti Rajpura, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malnu.

Malnu 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.

Malnu is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Patti Rajpura is about 5.0 km away. Palampur is about 10 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.