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About Degwar Maldayalan Village

Degwar Maldayalan is a large village in Haveli tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,916, made up of 1,546 males and 1,370 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Degwar Maldayalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degwar Maldayalan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Punch
Tehsil Haveli
Pincode 185101
Area (hectares) 634 hectares
Population 2,916
Male Population 1,546
Female Population 1,370
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Degwar Maldayalan compares

By the 2011 count Degwar Maldayalan is the 14th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents. Its 634 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 930.

Getting to Degwar Maldayalan

Degwar Maldayalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Degwar Maldayalan as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Degwar Maldayalan from other places

Degwar Maldayalan lies about 4.1 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 58 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 Degwar Maldayalan
Tehsil headquarters Haveli 2.1 km
District headquarters Punch 4.1 km
Nearest town Pūnch 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Baramula 58 km

Villages closest to Degwar Maldayalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Haveli 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 Degwar Maldayalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Degwar Maldayalan village had a population of 2,916. That makes it the 14th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,161 residents.

Degwar Maldayalan village has 1,546 males and 1,370 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degwar Maldayalan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Degwar Maldayalan is 185101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Degwar Maldayalan covers 634 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Degwar Maldayalan falls under Haveli tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Degwar Maldayalan is Baramula, about 58 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Degwar Maldayalan.

Degwar Maldayalan is about 4.1 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Degwar Maldayalan is in Haveli tehsil of Punch district. Haveli is about 2.1 km away. Punch is about 4.1 km away. Pūnch is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kosalian (under 2 km), Ajot (1.6 km) and Karmara (1.8 km).

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

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