About Malvan Village

Malvan is a small village in Sihor tehsil, in the district of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 315, made up of 173 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 364240, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malvan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malvan village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Bhavnagar
Tehsil	Sihor
Pincode	364240
Area (hectares)	574.46 hectares
Population	315
Male Population	173
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	821
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malvan compares

By the 2011 count Malvan is the 73rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,975 residents. Its 574.46 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 926.

Getting to Malvan

Malvan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malvan as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Lavarda, Limbaddhar, Madhada and Maglana. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Malvan

As per the Census of India 2011, Malvan village had a population of 315. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,975 residents.

Malvan village has 173 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malvan has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Malvan is 364240. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malvan covers 574.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malvan falls under Sihor tehsil of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.

The census record for Malvan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malvan.

Malvan is in Sihor tehsil of Bhavnagar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.