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About Maler Village

Maler is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 124 males and 116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maler Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maler village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 644.41 hectares
Population 240
Male Population 124
Female Population 116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maler compares

By the 2011 count Maler is the 111th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 644.41 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Maler

Maler is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maler as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Maler from other places

Maler lies about 90 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 36 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 Maler
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 3.6 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 36 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 45 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 90 km

Villages closest to Maler

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maler village had a population of 240. That makes it the 111th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Maler village has 124 males and 116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maler has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Maler is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maler covers 644.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maler falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Maler is Bhanupratappur, about 36 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 <5 km distance for Maler.

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

Maler is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 3.6 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 36 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairkatta (2.1 km), Ghotia (3.1 km) and Ghotia Kanhar (3.1 km).

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

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