About Malaja Village

Malaja is a large village in Chhota Udaipur tehsil, in the district of Vadodara, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,108, made up of 1,075 males and 1,033 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 391165, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaja village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Vadodara
Tehsil	Chhota Udaipur
Pincode	391165
Area (hectares)	425.23 hectares
Population	2,108
Male Population	1,075
Female Population	1,033
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malaja compares

By the 2011 count Malaja is the 35th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents. Its 425.23 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Malaja

Malaja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malaja as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malaja from other places

Malaja lies about 89 km from Vadodara, and the nearest railway station is Padaliya Road, about 18 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 Malaja
Nearest railway station	Padaliya Road	18 km
Nearest town	Devgadh Bāriya	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chhota Udaipur	25 km
District headquarters	Vadodara	89 km

Villages closest to Malaja

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chhota Udaipur 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 Malaja

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaja village had a population of 2,108. That makes it the 35th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,501 residents.

Malaja village has 1,075 males and 1,033 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaja has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Malaja is 391165. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaja covers 425.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malaja falls under Chhota Udaipur tehsil of Vadodara district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Malaja is Padaliya Road, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malaja.

Malaja is about 89 km from Vadodara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaja is in Chhota Udaipur tehsil of Vadodara district. Padaliya Road is about 18 km away. Devgadh Bāriya is about 24 km away. Chhota Udaipur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.