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About Malhet Village

Malhet is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 127, made up of 62 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 108.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhet village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gawan
Pincode 815313
Area (hectares) 108.69 hectares
Population 127
Male Population 62
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malhet compares

By the 2011 count Malhet is the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 108.69 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Malhet

Malhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malhet as Available within 10+ 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. The nearest villages by name are Mahatpur, Maheshpur, Mahrakola and Mahuari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Malhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhet village had a population of 127. That makes it the 113th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Malhet village has 62 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhet has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Malhet is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhet covers 108.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malhet falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Malhet notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Malhet.

Malhet is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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