About Malsund Village

Malsund is a mid sized village in Harij tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 948, made up of 524 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 809 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1060.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384255, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malsund Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malsund village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Tehsil	Harij
Pincode	384255
Area (hectares)	1060.8 hectares
Population	948
Male Population	524
Female Population	424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	809
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malsund compares

By the 2011 count Malsund is the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents. Its 1060.8 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 930.

Getting to Malsund

Malsund is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malsund 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malsund from other places

Malsund lies about 37 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Chalvada, about 19 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 Malsund
Nearest town	Un	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Chalvada	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Harij	26 km
District headquarters	Patan	37 km

Villages closest to Malsund

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malsund village had a population of 948. That makes it the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,905 residents.

Malsund village has 524 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malsund has about 809 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

The pincode recorded for Malsund is 384255. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malsund covers 1060.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malsund falls under Harij tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Malsund is Chalvada, about 19 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malsund.

Malsund is about 37 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malsund is in Harij tehsil of Patan district. Un is about under 2 km away. Chalvada is about 19 km away. Harij is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.