About Malgaon Village

Malgaon is a mid sized village in Sawantwadi tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,913, made up of 950 males and 963 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 504.88 hectares hectares.

Malgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Sawantwadi
Area (hectares)	504.88 hectares
Population	1,913
Male Population	950
Female Population	963
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malgaon compares

By the 2011 count Malgaon is the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents. Its 504.88 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1043.

Getting to Malgaon

Malgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malgaon 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malgaon from other places

Malgaon lies about 14 km from Sindhudurg, and the nearest railway station is Sawantwadi Road, about 1.6 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	Sawantwadi Road	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sawantwadi	4.3 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	4.3 km
District headquarters	Sindhudurg	14 km

Villages closest to Malgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgaon village had a population of 1,913. That makes it the 20th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,365 residents.

Malgaon village has 950 males and 963 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgaon has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1043.

Malgaon covers 504.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malgaon falls under Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malgaon is Sawantwadi Road, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Malgaon.

Malgaon is about 14 km from Sindhudurg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgaon is in Sawantwadi tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Sawantwadi Road is about 1.6 km away. Sawantwadi is about 4.3 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.