About Malkura Village

Malkura is a small village in Rajnagar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 111 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkura village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Rajnagar
Pincode	731130
Area (hectares)	71.63 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	111
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malkura compares

By the 2011 count Malkura is the 68th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 71.63 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

Getting to Malkura

Malkura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malkura as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malkura from other places

Malkura lies about 60 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kachujor, about 15 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 Malkura
Nearest railway station	Kachujor	15 km
Nearest town	Bolpur	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajnagar	33 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	60 km

Villages closest to Malkura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkura village had a population of 225. That makes it the 68th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Malkura village has 111 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkura has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 982.

The pincode recorded for Malkura is 731130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkura covers 71.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkura falls under Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Malkura is Kachujor, about 15 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 village for Malkura.

Malkura is about 60 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkura is in Rajnagar tehsil of Birbhum district. Kachujor is about 15 km away. Bolpur is about 18 km away. Rajnagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.