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About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Kaij tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,740, made up of 918 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 974.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 431123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bid
Tehsil Kaij
Pincode 431123
Area (hectares) 974.2 hectares
Population 1,740
Male Population 918
Female Population 822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malegaon compares

By the 2011 count Malegaon is the 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 974.2 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Malegaon

Malegaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malegaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Malegaon from other places

Malegaon lies about 52 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Kalamb Road, 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 Malegaon
Nearest town Kallam 6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kaij 10 km
Nearest railway station Kalamb Road 28 km
District headquarters Bid 52 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malegaon village had a population of 1,740. That makes it the 44th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Malegaon village has 918 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Malegaon is 431123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malegaon covers 974.2 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.

Malegaon falls under Kaij tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Kalamb Road, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malegaon.

Malegaon is about 52 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Kaij tehsil of Bid district. Kallam is about 6.8 km away. Kaij is about 10 km away. Kalamb Road is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mulegaon (under 2 km), Sukli (1.9 km) and Gotegaon (2.8 km).

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

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