About Malangam Village

Malangam is a mid sized village in Gurez tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 598, made up of 324 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.3 hectares hectares.

Malangam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malangam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Gurez
Area (hectares)	98.3 hectares
Population	598
Male Population	324
Female Population	274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	846
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malangam compares

By the 2011 count Malangam is the 21st largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 98.3 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 822.

Getting to Malangam

Malangam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malangam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malangam from other places

Malangam lies about 8.2 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Sopur, about 22 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 Malangam
District headquarters	Bandipore	8.2 km
Nearest town	Bandipura	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sopur	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurez	29 km

Villages closest to Malangam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malangam village had a population of 598. That makes it the 21st largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Malangam village has 324 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malangam has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 822.

Malangam covers 98.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malangam falls under Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Malangam is Sopur, about 22 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malangam.

Malangam is about 8.2 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malangam is in Gurez tehsil of Bandipore district. Bandipore is about 8.2 km away. Bandipura is about 8.2 km away. Sopur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.