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About Malinagar Village

Malinagar is a small village in Itahar tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 411, made up of 221 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malinagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malinagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Itahar
Pincode 733143
Area (hectares) 103.66 hectares
Population 411
Male Population 221
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
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 Malinagar compares

By the 2011 count Malinagar is the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 103.66 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Malinagar

Malinagar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Malinagar 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 Malinagar from other places

Malinagar lies about 52 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Harishchandrapur, about 5.7 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 Malinagar
Nearest railway station Harishchandrapur 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Itahar 29 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 30 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 52 km

Villages closest to Malinagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malinagar village had a population of 411. That makes it the 186th largest of the 218 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Malinagar village has 221 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malinagar has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Malinagar is 733143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malinagar covers 103.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malinagar falls under Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Malinagar is Harishchandrapur, about 5.7 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 Malinagar.

Malinagar is about 52 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malinagar is in Itahar tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Harishchandrapur is about 5.7 km away. Itahar is about 29 km away. Rāiganj is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Abhinagar (under 2 km), Mirzatpur (3.6 km) and Jamalpur (4.2 km).

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

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