# Malgaon Village, Bakavand, Bastar (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Bakavand, Bastar 

# Malgaon

Malgaon is a village in Bakavand sub-district of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494221**. The 2011 Census counted **1,857 people in 422 households**, the 27th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 52.2%.

- 1,857people (2011)
- 422households
- 57.1%literacy
- 494221PIN code

## Malgaon PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Malgaon is 494221.** Malgaon falls in Bakavand sub-district, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494221
- Gram panchayatMalgaon
- Community development blockBakaband
- Census village code449460

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Malgaon from nearby towns?

- Bakawand (sub-district HQ)20 km by road
- Jagdalpur (district HQ)10 km by road
- Jagdalpur (nearest town)10 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Malgaon?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Malgaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 3 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Karitgaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Dharampura
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bastar
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Malgaon known for?

The main crops are **paddy, maize and madiya**. Products made here include rice. About 62% of the 697 hectares of village land is sown, and 34 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Malgaon

Of every 100 households in Malgaon in 2011, 45 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malgaon · ■ Bakavand rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**4%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**98%

Use banking services ****62%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**11%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Malgaon?

■ Malgaon · ■ Bakavand rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.1%**

**52.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**1008

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**994

Working population ****43.0%**

**54.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.6% for men and 45.3% for women. 55% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 98 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 150 (19%) · **■** Other work 268 (34%) · **■** Marginal 282 (35%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bakavand

- Kohkapal1,936 people
- Sautpur1,923 people
- Talnar1,882 people
- Jaitgiri1,880 people
- Garenga1,706 people
- Kachnar1,693 people
- Matnar1,687 people
- Bedaumargaon1,675 people

[All 114 villages in Bakavand](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/bastar/bakavand/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Malgaon?494221
- How far is Malgaon from Jagdalpur?10 km by road
- What is the population of Malgaon?1,857 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malgaon in?Bastar district (Bakavand sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Malgaon?57.1% (Census 2011)