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About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Lohara tehsil, in the district of Osmanabad, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 979, made up of 517 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 413608, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Osmanabad
Tehsil Lohara
Pincode 413608
Area (hectares) 756 hectares
Population 979
Male Population 517
Female Population 462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
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 36th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,483 residents. Its 756 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 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 44 km from Osmanabad, and the nearest railway station is Ausa Road, 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 Lohara 7.4 km
Nearest town Umarga 29 km
District headquarters Osmanabad 44 km
Nearest railway station Ausa Road 49 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lohara 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 979. That makes it the 36th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,483 residents.

Malegaon village has 517 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Malegaon is 413608. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malegaon covers 756 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.

Malegaon falls under Lohara tehsil of Osmanabad district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Ausa Road, 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 44 km from Osmanabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Lohara tehsil of Osmanabad district. Lohara is about 7.4 km away. Umarga is about 29 km away. Osmanabad is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Vilaspur Pandhari (2.4 km), Wadgaon (2.5 km) and Wadgaonwadi (2.5 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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