About Malkunwar Village

Malkunwar is a mid sized village in Dondi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 668, made up of 319 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,094 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkunwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkunwar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dondi
Pincode	491228
Area (hectares)	501.25 hectares
Population	668
Male Population	319
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,094
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malkunwar compares

By the 2011 count Malkunwar is the 64th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 501.25 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Malkunwar

Malkunwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malkunwar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkunwar from other places

Malkunwar lies about 76 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Dalli Rajhara, about 5.6 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 Malkunwar
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Dalli Rajhara	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dondi	5.7 km
District headquarters	Durg	76 km

Villages closest to Malkunwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkunwar village had a population of 668. That makes it the 64th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Malkunwar village has 319 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkunwar has about 1094 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Malkunwar is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkunwar covers 501.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malkunwar falls under Dondi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malkunwar is Dalli Rajhara, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Malkunwar.

Malkunwar is about 76 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkunwar is in Dondi tehsil of Durg district. Dalli Rājhara is about 5.4 km away. Dalli Rajhara is about 5.6 km away. Dondi is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.