About Malhiet Village

Malhiet is a mid sized village in Darhal tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,185, made up of 623 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185212, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhiet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhiet village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Darhal
Pincode	185212
Area (hectares)	255.4 hectares
Population	1,185
Male Population	623
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
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 Malhiet compares

By the 2011 count Malhiet is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,293 residents. Its 255.4 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

Getting to Malhiet

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

Malhiet lies about 29 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 42 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 Malhiet
Tehsil headquarters	Darhal	25 km
District headquarters	Rajouri	29 km
Nearest town	Kulgam	34 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	42 km

Villages closest to Malhiet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhiet village had a population of 1,185. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,293 residents.

Malhiet village has 623 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhiet has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 904.

The pincode recorded for Malhiet is 185212. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhiet covers 255.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malhiet falls under Darhal tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malhiet is Dugga, about 42 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 Malhiet.

Malhiet is about 29 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhiet is in Darhal tehsil of Rajouri district. Darhal is about 25 km away. Rajouri is about 29 km away. Kulgam is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.