About Malhan Village

Malhan is a mid sized village in Surankote tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 637 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhan village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Punch
Tehsil	Surankote
Pincode	185121
Area (hectares)	327 hectares
Population	1,308
Male Population	637
Female Population	671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malhan compares

By the 2011 count Malhan is the 30th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents. Its 327 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Malhan

Malhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malhan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Malhan from other places

Malhan lies about 15 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 55 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 Malhan
Tehsil headquarters	Surankote	15 km
District headquarters	Punch	15 km
Nearest town	Pūnch	15 km
Nearest railway station	Naid Gaam Railway Station	55 km

Villages closest to Malhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhan village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 30th largest of the 33 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,576 residents.

Malhan village has 637 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhan has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Malhan is 185121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhan covers 327 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malhan falls under Surankote tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malhan is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 55 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malhan.

Malhan is about 15 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhan is in Surankote tehsil of Punch district. Surankote is about 15 km away. Punch is about 15 km away. Pūnch is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.