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About Malaahni Village

Malaahni is a small village in Samba tehsil, in the district of Samba, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 127 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaahni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaahni village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Samba
Tehsil Samba
Pincode 184145
Area (hectares) 263 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 127
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 984
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malaahni compares

By the 2011 count Malaahni is the 256th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 773 residents. Its 263 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Malaahni

Malaahni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malaahni as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malaahni from other places

Malaahni lies about 3.4 km from Samba. 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 Malaahni
Tehsil headquarters Samba 3.4 km
Nearest town Sāmba 3.4 km

Villages closest to Malaahni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaahni village had a population of 252. That makes it the 256th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 773 residents.

Malaahni village has 127 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaahni has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Malaahni is 184145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaahni covers 263 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malaahni falls under Samba tehsil of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Malaahni notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malaahni.

Malaahni is about 3.4 km from Samba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaahni is in Samba tehsil of Samba district. Samba is about 3.4 km away. Sāmba is about 3.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhan Malagar (under 2 km), Samlah (under 2 km) and Kotera (under 2 km).

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

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