About Malhan Village

Malhan is a large village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,649, made up of 1,309 males and 1,340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2160 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	829203
Area (hectares)	2160 hectares
Population	2,649
Male Population	1,309
Female Population	1,340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malhan compares

By the 2011 count Malhan is the 6th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 2160 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 967.

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 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malhan from other places

Malhan lies about 36 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Mahuamilan, about 4.8 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
Nearest railway station	Mahuamilan	4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	11 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	17 km
District headquarters	Latehar	36 km

Villages closest to Malhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chandwa 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 2,649. That makes it the 6th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Malhan village has 1,309 males and 1,340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhan has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Malhan is 829203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhan covers 2160 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.

Malhan falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Malhan is Mahuamilan, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malhan.

Malhan is about 36 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhan is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuamilan is about 4.8 km away. Chandwa is about 11 km away. Khalāri is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.