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About Malav Village

Malav is one of the larger villages in Khair tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,301, made up of 3,373 males and 2,928 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1244.33 hectares hectares.

Malav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malav village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Aligarh
Tehsil Khair
Area (hectares) 1244.33 hectares
Population 6,301
Male Population 3,373
Female Population 2,928
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Malav compares

By the 2011 count Malav is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,150 residents. Its 1244.33 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Malav

Malav 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 Malav as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malav from other places

Malav lies about 51 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Hodal, about 19 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 Malav
Nearest town Jewar 18 km
Nearest railway station Hodal 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Khair 27 km
District headquarters Aligarh 51 km

Villages closest to Malav

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malav village had a population of 6,301. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,150 residents.

Malav village has 3,373 males and 2,928 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malav has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 877.

Malav covers 1244.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malav falls under Khair tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malav is Hodal, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Malav is about 51 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malav is in Khair tehsil of Aligarh district. Jewar is about 18 km away. Hodal is about 19 km away. Khair is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Untasani Khadar (2.0 km), Untasani Bangar (2.1 km) and Palar (2.9 km).

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

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