About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a mid sized village in Balod tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 810, made up of 388 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Balod
Pincode	491226
Area (hectares)	502.64 hectares
Population	810
Male Population	388
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
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 57th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 502.64 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malgaon from other places

Malgaon lies about 64 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhainsbod, about 12 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 Malgaon
Nearest railway station	Bhainsbod	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balod	12 km
District headquarters	Durg	64 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgaon village had a population of 810. That makes it the 57th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Malgaon village has 388 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Malgaon is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgaon covers 502.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malgaon falls under Balod tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Bhainsbod, about 12 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Malgaon.

Malgaon is about 64 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Balod tehsil of Durg district. Bhainsbod is about 12 km away. Balod is about 12 km away. Durg is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.