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About Morgaon Village

Morgaon is a large village in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,020, made up of 1,006 males and 1,014 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 525.83 hectares hectares.

Morgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Arjuni Morgaon
Area (hectares) 525.83 hectares
Population 2,020
Male Population 1,006
Female Population 1,014
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Morgaon compares

By the 2011 count Morgaon is the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents. Its 525.83 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Morgaon

Morgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Morgaon 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Morgaon from other places

Morgaon lies about 12 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 7.2 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 Morgaon
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Arjuni Morgaon 12 km
District headquarters Gondiya 12 km
Nearest town Gondiā 12 km

Villages closest to Morgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Morgaon village had a population of 2,020. That makes it the 16th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,131 residents.

Morgaon village has 1,006 males and 1,014 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morgaon has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 988.

Morgaon covers 525.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Morgaon falls under Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Morgaon is Hirdamali, about 7.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Morgaon.

Morgaon is about 12 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morgaon is in Arjuni Morgaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Hirdamali is about 7.2 km away. Arjuni Morgaon is about 12 km away. Gondiya is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonegaon (under 2 km), Pathari (4.4 km) and Surgaon (5.1 km).

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

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