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About Malajkudum Village

Malajkudum is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 151 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malajkudum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malajkudum village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 467.55 hectares
Population 315
Male Population 151
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malajkudum compares

By the 2011 count Malajkudum is the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 467.55 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1036.

Getting to Malajkudum

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

Malajkudum lies about 23 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 30 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 Malajkudum
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 14 km
Nearest town Kānker 14 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 23 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 30 km

Villages closest to Malajkudum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malajkudum village had a population of 315. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Malajkudum village has 151 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malajkudum has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Malajkudum is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malajkudum covers 467.55 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.

Malajkudum falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malajkudum is Antagarh, about 30 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 Malajkudum.

Malajkudum is about 23 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.

Malajkudum is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 14 km away. Kānker is about 14 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Iradah (3.3 km), Kalmuchche (3.4 km) and Marrapi (3.7 km).

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

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