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About Malpura Village

Malpura is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,918, made up of 962 males and 956 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 721.45 hectares hectares.

Malpura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malpura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 721.45 hectares
Population 1,918
Male Population 962
Female Population 956
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 994
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Malpura compares

By the 2011 count Malpura is the 21st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 721.45 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Malpura

The census records public bus service for Malpura as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malpura from other places

Malpura lies about 90 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, about 24 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 Malpura
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 4.5 km
Nearest town Kukshi 21 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 24 km
District headquarters Dhar 90 km

Villages closest to Malpura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malpura village had a population of 1,918. That makes it the 21st largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Malpura village has 962 males and 956 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malpura has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Malpura covers 721.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malpura falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malpura is Alirajpur, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Malpura is about 90 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malpura is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 4.5 km away. Kukshi is about 21 km away. Alirajpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khatami (1.7 km), Temriya (2.2 km) and Karjwani (2.3 km).

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

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