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About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a large village in Nilanga tehsil, in the district of Latur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,525, made up of 1,237 males and 1,288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 912 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Latur
Tehsil Nilanga
Area (hectares) 912 hectares
Population 2,525
Male Population 1,237
Female Population 1,288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
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 40th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents. Its 912 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

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 36 km from Latur, and the nearest railway station is Harangul, about 38 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 Nilanga 8.2 km
District headquarters Latur 36 km
Nearest railway station Harangul 38 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nilanga 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 2,525. That makes it the 40th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,938 residents.

Malegaon village has 1,237 males and 1,288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 935.

Malegaon covers 912 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malegaon falls under Nilanga tehsil of Latur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Harangul, about 38 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 36 km from Latur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Nilanga tehsil of Latur district. Nilanga is about 8.2 km away. Latur is about 36 km away. Harangul is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malegaon Je (under 2 km), Singnal (2.2 km) and Jewari (2.4 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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