About Maladon Village

Maladon is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 144 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maladon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maladon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	90.06 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	144
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,125
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Maladon compares

By the 2011 count Maladon is the 74th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 90.06 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Maladon

Maladon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Maladon 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maladon from other places

Maladon lies about 20 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 7.0 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 Maladon
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	8.7 km
District headquarters	Khunti	20 km

Villages closest to Maladon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maladon village had a population of 306. That makes it the 74th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Maladon village has 144 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maladon has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Maladon is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maladon covers 90.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maladon falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Maladon is Govindpur Road, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Maladon.

Maladon is about 20 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maladon is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about 7.0 km away. Torpa is about 8.7 km away. Khunti is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.