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About Malikdara Village

Malikdara is a small village in Turekela tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 57 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malikdara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikdara village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Turekela
Pincode 767038
Area (hectares) 110 hectares
Population 107
Male Population 57
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Malikdara compares

By the 2011 count Malikdara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 696 residents. Its 110 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1018.

Getting to Malikdara

The census records public bus service for Malikdara as Available within 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 within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malikdara from other places

Malikdara lies about 73 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Turekala Road, about under 2 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 Malikdara
Nearest railway station Turekala Road under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Turekela 7.9 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 17 km
District headquarters Balangir 73 km

Villages closest to Malikdara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikdara village had a population of 107. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 696 residents.

Malikdara village has 57 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikdara has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Malikdara is 767038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malikdara covers 110 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malikdara falls under Turekela tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Malikdara is Turekala Road, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Malikdara is about 73 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikdara is in Turekela tehsil of Balangir district. Turekala Road is about under 2 km away. Turekela is about 7.9 km away. Kantābānji is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Halanbhata (6.0 km), Bhalukuna (6.6 km) and Dholmandal (7.4 km).

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

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