About Malkatar Village

Malkatar is a large village in Shirpur tehsil, in the district of Dhule, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,545, made up of 1,212 males and 1,333 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkatar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkatar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Dhule
Tehsil	Shirpur
Pincode	425428
Area (hectares)	300.84 hectares
Population	2,545
Male Population	1,212
Female Population	1,333
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkatar compares

By the 2011 count Malkatar is the 48th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents. Its 300.84 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Malkatar

Malkatar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malkatar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkatar from other places

Malkatar lies about 79 km from Dhule, and the nearest railway station is Dondaicha, about 38 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 Malkatar
Tehsil headquarters	Shirpur	32 km
Nearest railway station	Dondaicha	38 km
District headquarters	Dhule	79 km

Villages closest to Malkatar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkatar village had a population of 2,545. That makes it the 48th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,393 residents.

Malkatar village has 1,212 males and 1,333 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkatar has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Malkatar is 425428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkatar covers 300.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malkatar falls under Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malkatar is Dondaicha, about 38 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Malkatar.

Malkatar is about 79 km from Dhule in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkatar is in Shirpur tehsil of Dhule district. Shirpur is about 32 km away. Dondaicha is about 38 km away. Dhule is about 79 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.