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About Malua Village

Malua is a mid sized village in Marihan tehsil, in the district of Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,412, made up of 756 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1017.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malua village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mirzapur
Tehsil Marihan
Pincode 231309
Area (hectares) 1017.31 hectares
Population 1,412
Male Population 756
Female Population 656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Malua compares

By the 2011 count Malua is the 54th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents. Its 1017.31 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 918.

Getting to Malua

Malua is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malua as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malua from other places

Malua lies about 26 km from Mirzapur, and the nearest railway station is Saktesgarh, about 22 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 Malua
Tehsil headquarters Marihan 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Saktesgarh 22 km
District headquarters Mirzapur 26 km
Nearest town Mirzāpur 26 km

Villages closest to Malua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malua village had a population of 1,412. That makes it the 54th largest of the 200 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,141 residents.

Malua village has 756 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malua has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 918.

The pincode recorded for Malua is 231309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malua covers 1017.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malua falls under Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malua is Saktesgarh, about 22 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Malua.

Malua is about 26 km from Mirzapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malua is in Marihan tehsil of Mirzapur district. Marihan is about 6.8 km away. Saktesgarh is about 22 km away. Mirzapur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amoi (under 2 km), Hasara (2.2 km) and Khantara (2.6 km).

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

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