About Maladand Village

Maladand is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 575 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maladand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maladand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495118
Area (hectares)	698.71 hectares
Population	1,174
Male Population	575
Female Population	599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maladand compares

By the 2011 count Maladand is the 45th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 698.71 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Maladand

Maladand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maladand as Available. 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 Maladand from other places

Maladand lies about 90 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Harri, about 24 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 Maladand
Nearest town	Pasān	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Harri	24 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	90 km

Villages closest to Maladand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maladand village had a population of 1,174. That makes it the 45th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Maladand village has 575 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maladand has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Maladand is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maladand covers 698.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maladand falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maladand is Harri, about 24 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Maladand.

Maladand is about 90 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maladand is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pasān is about 11 km away. Marwahi is about 14 km away. Harri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.