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About Malot Village

Malot is a small village in Hoshiarpur tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 216 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1359 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malot village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Hoshiarpur
Pincode 146024
Area (hectares) 1359 hectares
Population 413
Male Population 216
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malot compares

By the 2011 count Malot is the 275th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 1359 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Malot

Malot is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Malot as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Malot from other places

Malot lies about 16 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Chintpurni Marg, about 11 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 Malot
Nearest railway station Chintpurni Marg 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Hoshiarpur 16 km
Nearest town Hoshiārpur 16 km

Villages closest to Malot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malot village had a population of 413. That makes it the 275th largest of the 387 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Malot village has 216 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malot has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Malot is 146024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malot covers 1359 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malot falls under Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malot is Chintpurni Marg, about 11 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 <5 km distance for Malot.

Malot is about 16 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malot is in Hoshiarpur tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Chintpurni Marg is about 11 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 16 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Takhni (1.9 km), Rahmanpur (2.8 km) and Dherian (3.1 km).

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

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