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About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a large village in Satara tehsil, in the district of Satara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,896, made up of 1,929 males and 1,967 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1327 hectares hectares.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Satara
Tehsil Satara
Area (hectares) 1327 hectares
Population 3,896
Male Population 1,929
Female Population 1,967
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malgaon compares

By the 2011 count Malgaon is the 16th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,427 residents. Its 1327 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1068.

Getting to Malgaon

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

Malgaon lies about 17 km from Satara, and the nearest railway station is Targaon, about 10 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 Malgaon
Nearest railway station Targaon 10 km
Nearest town Kodoli 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Satara 17 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgaon village had a population of 3,896. That makes it the 16th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,427 residents.

Malgaon village has 1,929 males and 1,967 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1068.

Malgaon covers 1327 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Satara tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Targaon, about 10 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 Malgaon.

Malgaon is about 17 km from Satara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Satara tehsil of Satara district. Targaon is about 10 km away. Kodoli is about 14 km away. Satara is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Majgaon (under 2 km), Atit (2.0 km) and Nagthane (2.7 km).

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

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