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About Malchaur Village

Malchaur is a small village in Guthani tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 180 males and 161 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares.

Malchaur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malchaur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Guthani
Area (hectares) 30 hectares
Population 341
Male Population 180
Female Population 161
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malchaur compares

By the 2011 count Malchaur is the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Malchaur

Malchaur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malchaur as Available within 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malchaur from other places

Malchaur lies about 24 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Mairwa, about 3.7 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 Malchaur
Nearest railway station Mairwa 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Guthani 24 km
District headquarters Siwan 24 km

Villages closest to Malchaur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malchaur village had a population of 341. That makes it the 86th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Malchaur village has 180 males and 161 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malchaur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Malchaur covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malchaur falls under Guthani tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Malchaur is Mairwa, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malchaur.

Malchaur is about 24 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malchaur is in Guthani tehsil of Siwan district. Mairwa is about 3.7 km away. Guthani is about 24 km away. Siwan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chaumukha Khurd (under 2 km), Piparpanti (under 2 km) and Pachnerui (under 2 km).

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

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