About Malda Village

Malda is a large village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,494, made up of 1,797 males and 1,697 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 350.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	350.97 hectares
Population	3,494
Male Population	1,797
Female Population	1,697
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malda compares

By the 2011 count Malda is the 7th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 350.97 hectares work out to about 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Malda

Malda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malda 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 Malda from other places

Malda lies about 64 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 23 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 Malda
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	3.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	23 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	34 km
District headquarters	Giridih	64 km

Villages closest to Malda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malda village had a population of 3,494. That makes it the 7th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Malda village has 1,797 males and 1,697 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malda has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Malda is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malda covers 350.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malda falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Malda is Dhanwar, about 23 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 Malda.

Malda is about 64 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malda is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 3.0 km away. Dhanwar is about 23 km away. Kodarma is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.