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About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Bhokardan tehsil, in the district of Jalna, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 648 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.68 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalna
Tehsil Bhokardan
Area (hectares) 607.68 hectares
Population 1,268
Male Population 648
Female Population 620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malegaon compares

By the 2011 count Malegaon is the 91st largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents. Its 607.68 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

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 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 53 km from Jalna, and the nearest railway station is Shendurni, about 49 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
Tehsil headquarters Bhokardan 15 km
Nearest railway station Shendurni 49 km
District headquarters Jalna 53 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhokardan 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 1,268. That makes it the 91st largest of the 155 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,832 residents.

Malegaon village has 648 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Malegaon covers 607.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malegaon falls under Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Shendurni, about 49 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 Malegaon.

Malegaon is about 53 km from Jalna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Bhokardan tehsil of Jalna district. Bhokardan is about 15 km away. Shendurni is about 49 km away. Jalna is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolegaon (2.0 km), Kotha Jahagir (2.1 km) and Kosgaon (3.1 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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