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About Mahalgaon Village

Mahalgaon is a mid sized village in Chimur tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 659, made up of 351 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.05 hectares hectares.

Mahalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahalgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Chimur
Area (hectares) 496.05 hectares
Population 659
Male Population 351
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Mahalgaon is the 73rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents. Its 496.05 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Mahalgaon

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

Mahalgaon lies about 70 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Bhiwapur, about 26 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 Mahalgaon
Tehsil headquarters Chimur 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Bhiwapur 26 km
Nearest town Umred 31 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 70 km

Villages closest to Mahalgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahalgaon village had a population of 659. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,013 residents.

Mahalgaon village has 351 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahalgaon has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Mahalgaon covers 496.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahalgaon falls under Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Mahalgaon is Bhiwapur, about 26 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 10+ km distance for Mahalgaon.

Mahalgaon is about 70 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mahalgaon is in Chimur tehsil of Chandrapur district. Chimur is about 9.6 km away. Bhiwapur is about 26 km away. Umred is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garadapar (1.7 km), Kanhalgaon (2.1 km) and Kanhalgaon Brahman (2.1 km).

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

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