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About Kolgaon Village

Kolgaon is a mid sized village in Maregaon tehsil, in the district of Yavatmal, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,614, made up of 832 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 822.89 hectares hectares.

Kolgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Yavatmal
Tehsil Maregaon
Area (hectares) 822.89 hectares
Population 1,614
Male Population 832
Female Population 782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kolgaon is the 6th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 755 residents. Its 822.89 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Kolgaon

Kolgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kolgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Kolgaon from other places

Kolgaon lies about 80 km from Yavatmal, and the nearest railway station is Rajur, about 9.3 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 Kolgaon
Tehsil headquarters Maregaon 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Rajur 9.3 km
Nearest town Wani 14 km
District headquarters Yavatmal 80 km

Villages closest to Kolgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolgaon village had a population of 1,614. That makes it the 6th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 755 residents.

Kolgaon village has 832 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolgaon has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 973.

Kolgaon covers 822.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolgaon falls under Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Kolgaon is Rajur, about 9.3 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 <5 km distance for Kolgaon.

Kolgaon is about 80 km from Yavatmal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolgaon is in Maregaon tehsil of Yavatmal district. Maregaon is about 3.1 km away. Rajur is about 9.3 km away. Wani is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangarul (2.0 km), Wegaon (2.4 km) and Maregaon (3.1 km).

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

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