About Melgaon Village

Melgaon is a mid sized village in Naigaon tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 276 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.84 hectares hectares.

Melgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Melgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Nanded
Tehsil	Naigaon
Area (hectares)	259.84 hectares
Population	551
Male Population	276
Female Population	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Melgaon compares

By the 2011 count Melgaon is the 80th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents. Its 259.84 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, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Melgaon

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

Melgaon lies about 41 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Bolsa, about 13 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 Melgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Naigaon	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bolsa	13 km
Nearest town	Dharmābād	25 km
District headquarters	Nanded	41 km

Villages closest to Melgaon

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

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Common questions about Melgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Melgaon village had a population of 551. That makes it the 80th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,114 residents.

Melgaon village has 276 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Melgaon has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 948.

Melgaon covers 259.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Melgaon falls under Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Melgaon is Bolsa, about 13 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 Melgaon.

Melgaon is about 41 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Melgaon is in Naigaon tehsil of Nanded district. Naigaon is about 12 km away. Bolsa is about 13 km away. Dharmābād is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.