About Malewal Village

Malewal is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 26, made up of 14 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 857 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malewal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144530
Area (hectares)	138 hectares
Population	26
Male Population	14
Female Population	12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	857
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 Malewal compares

By the 2011 count Malewal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Malewal

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

Malewal lies about 70 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Lal kalan, about 12 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 Malewal
Nearest town	Māchhīwāra	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Lal kalan	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	32 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	70 km

Villages closest to Malewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malewal village had a population of 26. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Malewal village has 14 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malewal has about 857 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Malewal is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malewal covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malewal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malewal is Lal kalan, about 12 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 Malewal.

Malewal is about 70 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malewal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Māchhīwāra is about 9.3 km away. Lal kalan is about 12 km away. Garhshankar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.