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About Malvan Village

Malvan is a mid sized village in Nawapur tehsil, in the district of Nandurbar, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,774, made up of 855 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 890.94 hectares hectares.

Malvan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malvan village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nandurbar
Tehsil Nawapur
Area (hectares) 890.94 hectares
Population 1,774
Male Population 855
Female Population 919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,075
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malvan compares

By the 2011 count Malvan is the 34th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents. Its 890.94 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Malvan

Malvan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malvan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Malvan from other places

Malvan lies about 21 km from Nandurbar, and the nearest railway station is Khandbara, about 1.9 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 Malvan
Nearest railway station Khandbara 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawapur 21 km
District headquarters Nandurbar 21 km

Villages closest to Malvan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malvan village had a population of 1,774. That makes it the 34th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,476 residents.

Malvan village has 855 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malvan has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Malvan covers 890.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malvan falls under Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malvan is Khandbara, about 1.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malvan.

Malvan is about 21 km from Nandurbar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malvan is in Nawapur tehsil of Nandurbar district. Khandbara is about 1.9 km away. Nawapur is about 21 km away. Nandurbar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vatvi (1.6 km), Khandbara (2.1 km) and Talavipada (2.9 km).

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

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