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About Malehta Village

Malehta is a mid sized village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 377 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 974.37 hectares hectares.

Malehta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malehta village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jhansi
Tehsil Garautha
Area (hectares) 974.37 hectares
Population 673
Male Population 377
Female Population 296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 785
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malehta compares

By the 2011 count Malehta is the 97th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 974.37 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 864.

Getting to Malehta

Malehta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malehta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Malehta from other places

Malehta lies about 86 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Ghutai, about 33 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 Malehta
Tehsil headquarters Garautha 13 km
Nearest town Rāth 14 km
Nearest railway station Ghutai 33 km
District headquarters Jhansi 86 km

Villages closest to Malehta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malehta village had a population of 673. That makes it the 97th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Malehta village has 377 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malehta has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Malehta covers 974.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malehta falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malehta is Ghutai, about 33 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 for Malehta.

Malehta is about 86 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malehta is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Garautha is about 13 km away. Rāth is about 14 km away. Ghutai is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Moti Katra (3.7 km), Chak Deora (5.4 km) and Deora Buzurg (5.4 km).

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

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