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About Maluk Bigha Village

Maluk Bigha is a small village in Rafiganj tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 198 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares.

Maluk Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maluk Bigha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Aurangabad
Tehsil Rafiganj
Area (hectares) 100 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 198
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 879
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 Maluk Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Maluk Bigha is the 184th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 925.

Getting to Maluk Bigha

Maluk Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maluk Bigha 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 Maluk Bigha from other places

Maluk Bigha lies about 20 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Dev Road Halt, about under 2 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 Maluk Bigha
Nearest railway station Dev Road Halt under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Rafiganj 7.3 km
District headquarters Aurangabad 20 km

Villages closest to Maluk Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rafiganj 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 Maluk Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Maluk Bigha village had a population of 372. That makes it the 184th largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,326 residents.

Maluk Bigha village has 198 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maluk Bigha has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Maluk Bigha covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maluk Bigha falls under Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Maluk Bigha is Dev Road Halt, about under 2 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 Maluk Bigha.

Maluk Bigha is about 20 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maluk Bigha is in Rafiganj tehsil of Aurangabad district. Dev Road Halt is about under 2 km away. Rafiganj is about 7.3 km away. Aurangabad is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garwa (under 2 km), Kotwara (1.5 km) and Karsara (1.7 km).

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

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