About Malu Gaon Village

Malu Gaon is a small village in Margherita tehsil, in the district of Tinsukia, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 148 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 786182, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malu Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malu Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Tinsukia
Tehsil	Margherita
Pincode	786182
Area (hectares)	14.58 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	148
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,142
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malu Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Malu Gaon is the 231st largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 14.58 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Malu Gaon

Malu Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malu Gaon 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malu Gaon from other places

Malu Gaon lies about 26 km from Tinsukia, and the nearest railway station is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 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 Malu Gaon
Nearest railway station	Naharkatiya	8.1 km
Nearest town	Duliajan	14 km
District headquarters	Tinsukia	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Margherita	26 km

Villages closest to Malu Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margherita 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 Malu Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Malu Gaon village had a population of 317. That makes it the 231st largest of the 309 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Malu Gaon village has 148 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malu Gaon has about 1142 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Malu Gaon is 786182. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malu Gaon covers 14.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Malu Gaon falls under Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Malu Gaon is Naharkatiya, about 8.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malu Gaon.

Malu Gaon is about 26 km from Tinsukia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malu Gaon is in Margherita tehsil of Tinsukia district. Naharkatiya is about 8.1 km away. Duliajan is about 14 km away. Tinsukia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.