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About Maligoda Village

Maligoda is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 33 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,364 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315.07 hectares hectares.

Maligoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligoda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Area (hectares) 315.07 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 33
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,364
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Maligoda compares

By the 2011 count Maligoda is the 229th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 315.07 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1013.

Getting to Maligoda

Maligoda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Maligoda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maligoda from other places

Maligoda lies about 32 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 27 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 Maligoda
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 4.9 km
Nearest railway station Mirza Cheuki Railway Station 27 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 31 km
District headquarters Godda 32 km

Villages closest to Maligoda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligoda village had a population of 78. That makes it the 229th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Maligoda village has 33 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligoda has about 1364 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Maligoda covers 315.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maligoda falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maligoda is Mirza Cheuki Railway Station, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Maligoda.

Maligoda is about 32 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligoda is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Boarijor is about 4.9 km away. Mirza Cheuki Railway Station is about 27 km away. Sāhibganj is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bara Malbhita (under 2 km), Chhota Malbhita (under 2 km) and Malbhita (under 2 km).

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

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