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About Malechur Village

Malechur is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 67 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 836 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malechur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malechur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Narayanpur
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 494777
Area (hectares) 183.17 hectares
Population 123
Male Population 67
Female Population 56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 836
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malechur compares

By the 2011 count Malechur is the 148th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 183.17 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Malechur

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

Malechur lies about 12 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 55 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 Malechur
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 12 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 55 km

Villages closest to Malechur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malechur village had a population of 123. That makes it the 148th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Malechur village has 67 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malechur has about 836 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Malechur is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malechur covers 183.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malechur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malechur is Antagarh, about 55 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 10+ km distance for Malechur.

Malechur is about 12 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malechur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 12 km away. Nārāinpur is about 12 km away. Antagarh is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benoor (1.6 km), Gotabenoor (1.6 km) and Gongla (1.8 km).

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

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