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About Malegaon Village

Malegaon is a small village in Darwha tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 462, made up of 244 males and 218 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542 hectares hectares.

Malegaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malegaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Darwha
Area (hectares) 542 hectares
Population 462
Male Population 244
Female Population 218
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
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 105th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents. Its 542 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

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 48 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Bhandegaon, about 7.5 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 Bhandegaon 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Darwha 10 km
Nearest town Dārwha 10 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 48 km

Villages closest to Malegaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malegaon village had a population of 462. That makes it the 105th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,243 residents.

Malegaon village has 244 males and 218 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malegaon has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 944.

Malegaon covers 542 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malegaon falls under Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malegaon is Bhandegaon, about 7.5 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 48 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malegaon is in Darwha tehsil of Yavatmal district. Bhandegaon is about 7.5 km away. Darwha is about 10 km away. Dārwha is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nilona (2.5 km), Bramhanath (2.6 km) and Bramhi (2.6 km).

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

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