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About Malhar Village

Malhar is a mid sized village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,159, made up of 618 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.29 hectares hectares.

Malhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malhar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 201.29 hectares
Population 1,159
Male Population 618
Female Population 541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malhar compares

By the 2011 count Malhar is the 109th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 201.29 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 926.

Getting to Malhar

Malhar 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 Malhar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malhar from other places

Malhar lies about 30 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Chandauli Majhwar, about 30 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 Malhar
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 7.6 km
Nearest town Ahraura 23 km
District headquarters Chandauli 30 km
Nearest railway station Chandauli Majhwar 30 km

Villages closest to Malhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malhar village had a population of 1,159. That makes it the 109th largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Malhar village has 618 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malhar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Malhar covers 201.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malhar falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malhar is Chandauli Majhwar, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Malhar is about 30 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malhar is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Chakia is about 7.6 km away. Ahraura is about 23 km away. Chandauli is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mobarakpur (under 2 km), Kusaha (1.6 km) and Patsar (1.7 km).

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

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