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About Malipada Village

Malipada is a small village in Lanjigarh tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 70 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malipada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malipada village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Lanjigarh
Pincode 766027
Area (hectares) 74 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 70
Female Population 74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malipada compares

By the 2011 count Malipada is the 87th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Malipada

Malipada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malipada as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Malipada from other places

Malipada lies about 29 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nuagaon, about 19 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 Malipada
Nearest railway station Nuagaon 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Lanjigarh 29 km
District headquarters Kalahandi 29 km
Nearest town Angul 50 km

Villages closest to Malipada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malipada village had a population of 144. That makes it the 87th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Malipada village has 70 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malipada has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Malipada is 766027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malipada covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malipada falls under Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Malipada is Nuagaon, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malipada.

Malipada is about 29 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malipada is in Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nuagaon is about 19 km away. Lanjigarh is about 29 km away. Kalahandi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shyamsundarpur (15 km), Ghodapokhari (16 km) and Damaghati (16 km).

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

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