About Malahar Village

Malahar is a large village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,482, made up of 2,366 males and 2,116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1662 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malahar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184204
Area (hectares)	1662 hectares
Population	4,482
Male Population	2,366
Female Population	2,116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
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 Malahar compares

By the 2011 count Malahar is the 5th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 1662 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Malahar

Malahar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malahar 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 Malahar from other places

Malahar lies about 12 km from Billawar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, 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 Malahar
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	36 km

Villages closest to Malahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malahar village had a population of 4,482. That makes it the 5th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Malahar village has 2,366 males and 2,116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malahar has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Malahar is 184204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malahar covers 1662 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malahar falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malahar is Kathua, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malahar.

Malahar is about 12 km from Billawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malahar is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 12 km away. Kathua is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.