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About Malahan Turi Village

Malahan Turi is a small village in Dadahu tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 71 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 130 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malahan Turi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malahan Turi village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Sirmaur
Tehsil Dadahu
Pincode 173001
Area (hectares) 130 hectares
Population 149
Male Population 71
Female Population 78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,099
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 Malahan Turi compares

By the 2011 count Malahan Turi is the 45th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 242 residents. Its 130 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Malahan Turi

Malahan Turi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malahan Turi 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 Malahan Turi from other places

Malahan Turi lies about 5.4 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 36 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 Malahan Turi
District headquarters Sirmaur 5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dadahu 11 km
Nearest town Nāhan 16 km
Nearest railway station Barog 36 km

Villages closest to Malahan Turi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dadahu 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 Malahan Turi

As per the Census of India 2011, Malahan Turi village had a population of 149. That makes it the 45th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 242 residents.

Malahan Turi village has 71 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malahan Turi has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Malahan Turi is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malahan Turi covers 130 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malahan Turi falls under Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malahan Turi is Barog, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malahan Turi.

Malahan Turi is about 5.4 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malahan Turi is in Dadahu tehsil of Sirmaur district. Sirmaur is about 5.4 km away. Dadahu is about 11 km away. Nāhan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehdon Patarag (1.8 km), Parara (2.0 km) and Kandal (2.2 km).

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

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