About Maligaon Village

Maligaon is a mid sized village in Boitamari tehsil, in the district of Bongaigaon, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,698, made up of 863 males and 835 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 783389, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maligaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maligaon village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Bongaigaon
Tehsil	Boitamari
Pincode	783389
Area (hectares)	160.88 hectares
Population	1,698
Male Population	863
Female Population	835
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maligaon compares

By the 2011 count Maligaon is the 23rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 973 residents. Its 160.88 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Maligaon

Maligaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maligaon as Available within village. 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 Maligaon from other places

Maligaon lies about 2.5 km from Bongaigaon, and the nearest railway station is New Bongaigaon Junction, about 1.6 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 Maligaon
Nearest railway station	New Bongaigaon Junction	1.6 km
District headquarters	Bongaigaon	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Boitamari	16 km

Villages closest to Maligaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maligaon village had a population of 1,698. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 973 residents.

Maligaon village has 863 males and 835 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maligaon has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Maligaon is 783389. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maligaon covers 160.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Maligaon falls under Boitamari tehsil of Bongaigaon district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Maligaon is New Bongaigaon Junction, about 1.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Maligaon.

Maligaon is about 2.5 km from Bongaigaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maligaon is in Boitamari tehsil of Bongaigaon district. New Bongaigaon Junction is about 1.6 km away. Bongaigaon is about 2.5 km away. Boitamari is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.