About Malghuni Village

Malghuni is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 195 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malghuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malghuni village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176107
Area (hectares)	52.23 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	195
Female Population	197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malghuni compares

By the 2011 count Malghuni is the 13th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 52.23 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Malghuni

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

Malghuni lies about 25 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 Malghuni
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	16 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	35 km

Villages closest to Malghuni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malghuni village had a population of 392. That makes it the 13th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Malghuni village has 195 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malghuni has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Malghuni is 176107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malghuni covers 52.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malghuni falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malghuni 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 Malghuni.

Malghuni 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.

Malghuni is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about under 2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 16 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.