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About Malehri Village

Malehri is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 370, made up of 182 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malehri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malehri village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Theog
Pincode 171220
Area (hectares) 144 hectares
Population 370
Male Population 182
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malehri compares

By the 2011 count Malehri is the 40th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 144 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Malehri

Malehri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malehri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Malehri from other places

Malehri lies about 25 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 Malehri
Tehsil headquarters Theog 7.1 km
District headquarters Shimla 25 km

Villages closest to Malehri

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

Common questions about Malehri

As per the Census of India 2011, Malehri village had a population of 370. That makes it the 40th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Malehri village has 182 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malehri has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Malehri is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malehri covers 144 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malehri falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malehri.

Malehri is about 25 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malehri is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 7.1 km away. Shimla is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taragaon (under 2 km), Jangal Ishta (under 2 km) and Mahori (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Malehri today is likely to be higher.

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