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About Malkara Village

Malkara is a mid sized village in Amb tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 784, made up of 385 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 157 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Amb
Pincode 174316
Area (hectares) 157 hectares
Population 784
Male Population 385
Female Population 399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malkara compares

By the 2011 count Malkara is the 83rd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 667 residents. Its 157 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Malkara

Malkara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malkara 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkara from other places

Malkara lies about 33 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 12 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 Malkara
Tehsil headquarters Amb 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Amb Andaura 12 km
District headquarters Una 33 km
Nearest town Talwāra 35 km

Villages closest to Malkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkara village had a population of 784. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 667 residents.

Malkara village has 385 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkara has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Malkara is 174316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkara covers 157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkara falls under Amb tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malkara is Amb Andaura, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malkara.

Malkara is about 33 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkara is in Amb tehsil of Una district. Amb is about 9.6 km away. Amb Andaura is about 12 km away. Una is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maslana (under 2 km), Nari (under 2 km) and Jawar (1.5 km).

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

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