About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a small village in Nahan tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 88 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nahan
Pincode	173001
Area (hectares)	78 hectares
Population	160
Male Population	88
Female Population	72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malgaon compares

By the 2011 count Malgaon is the 95th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 404 residents. Its 78 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

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 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 Malgaon from other places

Malgaon lies about 11 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Barog, about 41 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	Nahan	9.1 km
Nearest town	Nāhan	9.1 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Barog	41 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nahan 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 160. That makes it the 95th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 404 residents.

Malgaon village has 88 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Malgaon is 173001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgaon covers 78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Barog, about 41 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 Malgaon.

Malgaon is about 11 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Nahan tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nahan is about 9.1 km away. Nāhan is about 9.1 km away. Sirmaur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.