About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,857, made up of 947 males and 910 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 696.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	696.69 hectares
Population	1,857
Male Population	947
Female Population	910
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malgaon compares

By the 2011 count Malgaon is the 27th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 696.69 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Malgaon

Malgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malgaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kumhrawand, Kuruspal, Lawagaon and Mailbeda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Malgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgaon village had a population of 1,857. That makes it the 27th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Malgaon village has 947 males and 910 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Malgaon is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgaon covers 696.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Malgaon notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Malgaon.

Malgaon is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.