About Malik Basti Village

Malik Basti is a large village in Hojai tehsil, in the district of Nagaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,084, made up of 1,623 males and 1,461 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 782435, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malik Basti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malik Basti village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Nagaon
Tehsil	Hojai
Pincode	782435
Area (hectares)	654.58 hectares
Population	3,084
Male Population	1,623
Female Population	1,461
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malik Basti compares

By the 2011 count Malik Basti is the 16th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents. Its 654.58 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Malik Basti

Malik Basti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malik Basti as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malik Basti from other places

Malik Basti lies about 66 km from Nagaon, and the nearest railway station is Habaipur, about 7.6 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 Malik Basti
Nearest railway station	Habaipur	7.6 km
Nearest town	Lanka	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hojai	22 km
District headquarters	Nagaon	66 km

Villages closest to Malik Basti

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

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Common questions about Malik Basti

As per the Census of India 2011, Malik Basti village had a population of 3,084. That makes it the 16th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,642 residents.

Malik Basti village has 1,623 males and 1,461 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malik Basti has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 952.

The pincode recorded for Malik Basti is 782435. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malik Basti covers 654.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malik Basti falls under Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Malik Basti is Habaipur, about 7.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malik Basti.

Malik Basti is about 66 km from Nagaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malik Basti is in Hojai tehsil of Nagaon district. Habaipur is about 7.6 km away. Lanka is about 13 km away. Hojai is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.