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About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a small village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 165 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493118, 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 Narharpur
Pincode 493118
Area (hectares) 133.04 hectares
Population 330
Male Population 165
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 104th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 133.04 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

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 44 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Narharpur 16 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 17 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 44 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgaon village had a population of 330. That makes it the 104th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Malgaon village has 165 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Malgaon is 493118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgaon covers 133.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker 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 about 44 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 Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 16 km away. Dhamtari is about 17 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kishanpuri (4.9 km), Amapani (8.1 km) and Biranpur (8.7 km).

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

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