About Malda Village

Malda is a large village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,132, made up of 1,039 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496551
Area (hectares)	535.37 hectares
Population	2,132
Male Population	1,039
Female Population	1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malda compares

By the 2011 count Malda is the 17th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 535.37 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Malda

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

Malda lies about 11 km from Sarangarh, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 42 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 Malda
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	11 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	34 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	42 km

Villages closest to Malda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malda village had a population of 2,132. That makes it the 17th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Malda village has 1,039 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malda has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Malda is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malda covers 535.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malda falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malda is Raigarh, about 42 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 Malda.

Malda is about 11 km from Sarangarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malda is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 11 km away. Saraipali is about 34 km away. Raigarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.