About Malawan Village

Malawan is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 359, made up of 195 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 841 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Darlaghat
Pincode	171102
Area (hectares)	102 hectares
Population	359
Male Population	195
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	841
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malawan compares

By the 2011 count Malawan is the 23rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 102 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Malawan

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

Malawan lies about 23 km from Solan, 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 Malawan
Nearest railway station	Salogra	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darlaghat	23 km
District headquarters	Solan	23 km

Villages closest to Malawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malawan village had a population of 359. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Malawan village has 195 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malawan has about 841 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Malawan is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malawan covers 102 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malawan falls under Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malawan 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 Malawan.

Malawan is about 23 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malawan is in Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 21 km away. Darlaghat is about 23 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.