About Malangan Village

Malangan is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 163, made up of 85 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malangan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malangan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	75.85 hectares
Population	163
Male Population	85
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malangan compares

By the 2011 count Malangan is the 148th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 75.85 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Malangan

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

Malangan lies about 13 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 8.8 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 Malangan
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	13 km
District headquarters	Shimla	13 km

Villages closest to Malangan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Malangan

As per the Census of India 2011, Malangan village had a population of 163. That makes it the 148th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Malangan village has 85 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malangan has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Malangan is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malangan covers 75.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malangan falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malangan is Jutogh, about 8.8 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 Malangan.

Malangan is about 13 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malangan is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 8.8 km away. Shimla Rural is about 13 km away. Shimla is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.