About Malikana Village

Malikana is a mid sized village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 327 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malikana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikana village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chauparan
Pincode	825406
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	678
Male Population	327
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,073
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malikana compares

By the 2011 count Malikana is the 83rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Malikana

Malikana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malikana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Malikana from other places

Malikana lies about 40 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 6.5 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 Malikana
Nearest railway station	Barhi	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chauparan	13 km
Nearest town	Jhumri Telaiya	18 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	40 km

Villages closest to Malikana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikana village had a population of 678. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Malikana village has 327 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikana has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Malikana is 825406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malikana covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malikana falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Malikana is Barhi, about 6.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Malikana.

Malikana is about 40 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikana is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barhi is about 6.5 km away. Chauparan is about 13 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.