About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a mid sized village in Karanja tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 436 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.93 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Karanja
Area (hectares)	416.93 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	436
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
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 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents. Its 416.93 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with 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 56 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Dadgaon, about 2.5 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	Dadgaon	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karanja	3.2 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	3.2 km
District headquarters	Washim	56 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karanja 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 840. That makes it the 64th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,090 residents.

Malegaon village has 436 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Malegaon covers 416.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malegaon falls under Karanja tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Dadgaon, about 2.5 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 56 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Karanja tehsil of Washim district. Dadgaon is about 2.5 km away. Karanja is about 3.2 km away. Kāranja is about 3.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.