About Maldamal Village

Maldamal is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 237 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maldamal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maldamal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	213.86 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	237
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maldamal compares

By the 2011 count Maldamal is the 148th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 213.86 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Maldamal

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

Maldamal lies about 111 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Dungripali, about 46 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 Maldamal
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dungripali	46 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	111 km

Villages closest to Maldamal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maldamal village had a population of 481. That makes it the 148th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Maldamal village has 237 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maldamal has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Maldamal is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maldamal covers 213.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maldamal falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maldamal is Dungripali, about 46 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 Maldamal.

Maldamal is about 111 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maldamal is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 18 km away. Dungripali is about 46 km away. Mahasamund is about 111 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.