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About Malmeta Village

Malmeta is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 163 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malmeta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malmeta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 494665
Area (hectares) 233.03 hectares
Population 341
Male Population 163
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,092
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malmeta compares

By the 2011 count Malmeta is the 80th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 233.03 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1018.

Getting to Malmeta

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

Malmeta lies about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Malmeta
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 16 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 27 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 34 km

Villages closest to Malmeta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malmeta village had a population of 341. That makes it the 80th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Malmeta village has 163 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malmeta has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Malmeta is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malmeta covers 233.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malmeta falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Malmeta notes the nearest railway station 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 Malmeta.

Malmeta is about 34 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malmeta is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 16 km away. Nārāinpur is about 27 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edanar (under 2 km), Medanar (under 2 km) and Mahurpat (2.9 km).

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

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