About Malewg Village

Malewg is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 42, made up of 22 males and 20 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malewg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malewg village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	14.36 hectares
Population	42
Male Population	22
Female Population	20
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malewg compares

By the 2011 count Malewg is the 358th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 14.36 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 990.

Getting to Malewg

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

Malewg lies about 24 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 21 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 Malewg
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	19 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	21 km
Nearest town	Solan	23 km
District headquarters	Shimla	24 km

Villages closest to Malewg

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.

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Common questions about Malewg

As per the Census of India 2011, Malewg village had a population of 42. That makes it the 358th largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Malewg village has 22 males and 20 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malewg has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

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

Malewg covers 14.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Malewg is Salogra, about 21 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 Malewg.

Malewg is about 24 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malewg is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 19 km away. Salogra is about 21 km away. Solan is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.