About Malawan Village

Malawan is one of the larger villages in Sarmera tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,584, made up of 3,969 males and 3,615 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 889 hectares hectares.

Malawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Sarmera
Area (hectares)	889 hectares
Population	7,584
Male Population	3,969
Female Population	3,615
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malawan compares

By the 2011 count Malawan is the 5th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents. Its 889 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Malawan

Malawan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malawan from other places

Malawan lies about 31 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 13 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 Malawan
Nearest town	Bar Bigha	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarmera	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsa Jamalpur	13 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	31 km

Villages closest to Malawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malawan village had a population of 7,584. That makes it the 5th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,537 residents.

Malawan village has 3,969 males and 3,615 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malawan has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Malawan covers 889 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malawan falls under Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Malawan is Sarsa Jamalpur, about 13 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 village for Malawan.

Malawan is about 31 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malawan is in Sarmera tehsil of Nalanda district. Bar Bigha is about 7.3 km away. Sarmera is about 8.5 km away. Sarsa Jamalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.