About Malaya Village

Malaya is a mid sized village in Patharpratima tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,921, made up of 1,014 males and 907 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 134.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743399, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaya village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Patharpratima
Pincode	743399
Area (hectares)	134.1 hectares
Population	1,921
Male Population	1,014
Female Population	907
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malaya compares

By the 2011 count Malaya is the 70th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents. Its 134.1 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Malaya

Malaya is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malaya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Malaya from other places

Malaya lies about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Karanjali, about 7.9 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 Malaya
Nearest railway station	Karanjali	7.9 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	22 km
Nearest town	Haldia	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patharpratima	23 km

Villages closest to Malaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaya village had a population of 1,921. That makes it the 70th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,814 residents.

Malaya village has 1,014 males and 907 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaya has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Malaya is 743399. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malaya covers 134.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Malaya falls under Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Malaya is Karanjali, about 7.9 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malaya.

Malaya is about 22 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaya is in Patharpratima tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Karanjali is about 7.9 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 22 km away. Haldia is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.