About Malota Village

Malota is a mid sized village in Thathri tehsil, in the district of Doda, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 766, made up of 404 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malota village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Doda
Tehsil	Thathri
Pincode	182201
Area (hectares)	177.3 hectares
Population	766
Male Population	404
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malota compares

By the 2011 count Malota is the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 652 residents. Its 177.3 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 960.

Getting to Malota

Malota is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malota as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Malota from other places

Malota lies about 13 km from Doda, and the nearest railway station is Udhampur, about 54 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 Malota
District headquarters	Doda	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thathri	16 km
Nearest railway station	Udhampur	54 km

Villages closest to Malota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malota village had a population of 766. That makes it the 24th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 652 residents.

Malota village has 404 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malota has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Malota is 182201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malota covers 177.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malota falls under Thathri tehsil of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malota is Udhampur, about 54 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malota.

Malota is about 13 km from Doda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malota is in Thathri tehsil of Doda district. Doda is about 13 km away. Thathri is about 16 km away. Udhampur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.