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About Malek Village

Malek is a small village in Roing tehsil, in the district of Lower Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 396, made up of 199 males and 197 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males.

Malek Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malek village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Lower Dibang Valley
Tehsil Roing
Population 396
Male Population 199
Female Population 197
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malek compares

By the 2011 count Malek is the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 173 residents. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Malek

Malek is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malek as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Malek from other places

Malek lies about 15 km from Lower Dibang Valley, and the nearest railway station is Pasighat, about 43 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 Malek
Tehsil headquarters Roing 9.2 km
District headquarters Lower Dibang Valley 15 km
Nearest town Pāsighāt 42 km
Nearest railway station Pasighat 43 km

Villages closest to Malek

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malek village had a population of 396. That makes it the 13th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 173 residents.

Malek village has 199 males and 197 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malek has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Malek falls under Roing tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malek is Pasighat, about 43 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malek.

Malek is about 15 km from Lower Dibang Valley in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malek is in Roing tehsil of Lower Dibang Valley district. Roing is about 9.2 km away. Lower Dibang Valley is about 15 km away. Pāsighāt is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Meka Kaku (6.5 km), Bolung I (9.6 km) and Bolung Ii (9.6 km).

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

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