About Malkhun Village

Malkhun is a small village in Rohru tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 102 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkhun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkhun village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rohru
Pincode	171207
Area (hectares)	61.67 hectares
Population	200
Male Population	102
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkhun compares

By the 2011 count Malkhun is the 75th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 330 residents. Its 61.67 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Malkhun

Malkhun is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malkhun as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Malkhun from other places

Malkhun lies about 51 km from Shimla. 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 Malkhun
Tehsil headquarters	Rohru	7.8 km
District headquarters	Shimla	51 km

Villages closest to Malkhun

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkhun village had a population of 200. That makes it the 75th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 330 residents.

Malkhun village has 102 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkhun has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Malkhun is 171207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkhun covers 61.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkhun falls under Rohru tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Malkhun notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malkhun.

Malkhun is about 51 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkhun is in Rohru tehsil of Shimla district. Rohru is about 7.8 km away. Shimla is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.