About Malhian Village

Malhian is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 229, made up of 125 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 832 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malhian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	74 hectares
Population	229
Male Population	125
Female Population	104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	832
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malhian compares

By the 2011 count Malhian is the 307th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Malhian

Malhian is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malhian as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malhian from other places

Malhian lies about 25 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 8.2 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 Malhian
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	8.2 km
Nearest town	Urmar	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	25 km

Villages closest to Malhian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhian village had a population of 229. That makes it the 307th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Malhian village has 125 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhian has about 832 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Malhian is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malhian covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malhian falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malhian is Tanda Urmar, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malhian.

Malhian is about 25 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhian is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Tanda Urmar is about 8.2 km away. Urmar is about 8.2 km away. Dasua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.