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About Malpahari Village

Malpahari is a mid sized village in Pakaur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,272, made up of 603 males and 669 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 313 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malpahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Pakaur
Pincode 816107
Area (hectares) 313 hectares
Population 1,272
Male Population 603
Female Population 669
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malpahari compares

By the 2011 count Malpahari is the 53rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents. Its 313 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Malpahari

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

How far is Malpahari from other places

Malpahari lies about 3.3 km from Pakur. 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 Malpahari
Tehsil headquarters Pakaur 3.3 km
District headquarters Pakur 3.3 km

Villages closest to Malpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malpahari village had a population of 1,272. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,620 residents.

Malpahari village has 603 males and 669 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malpahari has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Malpahari is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malpahari covers 313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malpahari falls under Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Malpahari notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malpahari.

Malpahari is about 3.3 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malpahari is in Pakaur tehsil of Pakur district. Pakaur is about 3.3 km away. Pakur is about 3.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandpur (under 2 km), Syampur (under 2 km) and Lotamara (under 2 km).

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

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