About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Devgad tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 503 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Devgad
Area (hectares)	235 hectares
Population	1,025
Male Population	503
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
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 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents. Its 235 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1073.

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 34 km from Devgad, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 14 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
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devgad	34 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	38 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malegaon village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 47th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,234 residents.

Malegaon village has 503 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1073.

Malegaon covers 235 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malegaon falls under Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Sindhudurg, about 14 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 34 km from Devgad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Devgad tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sindhudurg is about 14 km away. Devgad is about 34 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.