About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,089, made up of 544 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494333
Area (hectares)	601.1 hectares
Population	1,089
Male Population	544
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
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 29th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 601.1 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

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 24 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 39 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
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	4.0 km
Nearest town	Kānker	4.0 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	24 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	39 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanker 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 1,089. That makes it the 29th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Malgaon village has 544 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Malgaon is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgaon covers 601.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malgaon falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Antagarh, about 39 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 24 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 4.0 km away. Kānker is about 4.0 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.