About Malgo Village

Malgo is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 906, made up of 456 males and 450 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	349.53 hectares
Population	906
Male Population	456
Female Population	450
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malgo compares

By the 2011 count Malgo is the 39th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 349.53 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Malgo

Malgo is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malgo as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Malgo from other places

Malgo lies about 31 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 29 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 Malgo
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.8 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	26 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	29 km
District headquarters	Gumla	31 km

Villages closest to Malgo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgo village had a population of 906. That makes it the 39th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Malgo village has 456 males and 450 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgo has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Malgo is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgo covers 349.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgo falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Malgo is Lohardaga, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Malgo.

Malgo is about 31 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgo is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.8 km away. Lohārdagā is about 26 km away. Lohardaga is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.