About Malkehar Village

Malkehar is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 164 males and 144 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176093, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkehar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176093
Area (hectares)	51.32 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	164
Female Population	144
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkehar compares

By the 2011 count Malkehar is the 21st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 51.32 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Malkehar

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

Malkehar lies about 11 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Malkehar
Nearest railway station	Koparlahar	8.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	15 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Malkehar

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 Malkehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkehar village had a population of 308. That makes it the 21st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Malkehar village has 164 males and 144 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkehar has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Malkehar is 176093. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkehar covers 51.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Malkehar is Koparlahar, about 8.9 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 Malkehar.

Malkehar is about 11 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkehar is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 8.9 km away. Kangra is about 11 km away. Thural is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.