About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 347 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.49 hectares hectares.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	124.49 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	347
Female Population	328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malgaon compares

By the 2011 count Malgaon is the 120th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 124.49 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Malgaon

Malgaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Malgaon as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 40 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 28 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	Baihar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Lamta	28 km
Nearest town	Malajkhand	34 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	40 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baihar 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 675. That makes it the 120th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Malgaon village has 347 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Malgaon covers 124.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Lamta, about 28 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malgaon.

Malgaon is about 40 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Baihar is about 16 km away. Lamta is about 28 km away. Malajkhand is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.