About Malai Village

Malai is a small village in Vengurla tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 235 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malai village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Vengurla
Pincode	416522
Area (hectares)	290.97 hectares
Population	445
Male Population	235
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malai compares

By the 2011 count Malai is the 68th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 884 residents. Its 290.97 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Malai

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

How far is Malai from other places

Malai lies about 32 km from Vengurla, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 13 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 Malai
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vengurla	32 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	38 km

Villages closest to Malai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malai village had a population of 445. That makes it the 68th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 884 residents.

Malai village has 235 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malai has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Malai is 416522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malai covers 290.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malai falls under Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malai is Sindhudurg, about 13 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 10+ km distance for Malai.

Malai is about 32 km from Vengurla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malai is in Vengurla tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 13 km away. Vengurla is about 32 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.