About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 862, made up of 428 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.05 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Shahapur
Area (hectares)	356.05 hectares
Population	862
Male Population	428
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 108th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 356.05 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

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 70 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Khardi, about 31 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	Shahapur	30 km
Nearest railway station	Khardi	31 km
Nearest town	Junnar	34 km
District headquarters	Thane	70 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahapur 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 862. That makes it the 108th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Malegaon village has 428 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Malegaon covers 356.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malegaon falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Khardi, about 31 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 70 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Shahapur is about 30 km away. Khardi is about 31 km away. Junnar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.