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About Malvan Village

Malvan is a mid sized village in Dasada tehsil, in the district of Surendranagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,333, made up of 658 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1767.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382745, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malvan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malvan village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Surendranagar
Tehsil Dasada
Pincode 382745
Area (hectares) 1767.32 hectares
Population 1,333
Male Population 658
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
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 46th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents. Its 1767.32 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 939.

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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malvan from other places

Malvan lies about 39 km from Surendranagar, and the nearest railway station is Jatpipli, about 5.2 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 Malvan
Nearest railway station Jatpipli 5.2 km
Nearest town Dhrāngadhra 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasada 30 km
District headquarters Surendranagar 39 km

Villages closest to Malvan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malvan village had a population of 1,333. That makes it the 46th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,745 residents.

Malvan village has 658 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malvan has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

The pincode recorded for Malvan is 382745. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malvan covers 1767.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malvan falls under Dasada tehsil of Surendranagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Malvan is Jatpipli, about 5.2 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 Malvan.

Malvan is about 39 km from Surendranagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malvan is in Dasada tehsil of Surendranagar district. Jatpipli is about 5.2 km away. Dhrāngadhra is about 30 km away. Dasada is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sedla (3.2 km), Pipli (4.2 km) and Bajana (6.6 km).

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

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