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About Malar Village

Malar is a mid sized village in Itki tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 341 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Ranchi
Tehsil Itki
Pincode 835303
Area (hectares) 166 hectares
Population 641
Male Population 341
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malar compares

By the 2011 count Malar is the 20th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 166 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Malar

Malar 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 Malar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malar from other places

Malar lies about 18 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Itki, about 4.9 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 Malar
Nearest railway station Itki 4.9 km
Nearest town Rātu 15 km
District headquarters Ranchi 18 km

Villages closest to Malar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malar village had a population of 641. That makes it the 20th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Malar village has 341 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malar has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Malar is 835303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malar covers 166 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malar falls under Itki tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Malar is Itki, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malar.

Malar is about 18 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malar is in Itki tehsil of Ranchi district. Itki is about 4.9 km away. Rātu is about 15 km away. Ranchi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bindhani (under 2 km), Tilaksuti (2.0 km) and Semra (2.4 km).

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

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