About Malda Village

Malda is a mid sized village in Koida tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 297 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 577 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malda village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Tehsil	Koida
Pincode	758034
Area (hectares)	577 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	297
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Malda compares

By the 2011 count Malda is the 22nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 666 residents. Its 577 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 1012.

Getting to Malda

Malda is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malda 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 Malda from other places

Malda lies about 135 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Jaroli, about 9.2 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 Malda
Nearest railway station	Jaroli	9.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Koida	10 km
Nearest town	Joda	13 km
District headquarters	Sundargarh	135 km

Villages closest to Malda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malda village had a population of 564. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 666 residents.

Malda village has 297 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malda has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Malda is 758034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malda covers 577 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.

Malda falls under Koida tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Malda is Jaroli, about 9.2 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 Malda.

Malda is about 135 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malda is in Koida tehsil of Sundargarh district. Jaroli is about 9.2 km away. Koida is about 10 km away. Joda is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.