# Malegaon Village, Devgad, Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Devgad, Sindhudurg 

# Malegaon

Malegaon is a village in Devgad sub-district of Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 206 households**, the 47th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 206households
- 83.7%literacy
- 1,038females per 1,000 males

## Malegaon PIN code and other codes

Malegaon falls in Devgad sub-district, Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockDevgad
- Census village code566250

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

## How far is Malegaon from nearby towns?

- Devgad (sub-district HQ)60 km by road
- Oras Bk. (district HQ)84 km by road
- Rajapur (nearest town)16 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 Malegaon?

11 services counted by the Census are inside Malegaon; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public 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
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Mond
- ○Degree college10+ km · Devgad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Jamsande
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)20 h summer · 20 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 Malegaon known for?

The main crops are **mango, coconut and betel nut**. About 49% of the 235 hectares of village land is sown, and 114 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 Malegaon

Of every 100 households in Malegaon in 2011, 93 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malegaon · ■ Devgad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**94%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**7%

Tap water ****30%**

**39%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**55%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**13%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**80%

Use banking services ****33%**

**61%

Television ****19%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**13%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****56%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Malegaon?

■ Malegaon · ■ Devgad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1038**

**1051

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****736**

**924

Working population ****50.8%**

**41.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.7% for men and 73.5% for women. 54% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 23 (4%) · **■** Marginal 486 (93%)

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 Devgad

- Mahalunge1,054 people
- Pendhari1,053 people
- Goval1,039 people
- Thakurwadi1,033 people
- Nad990 people
- Valivande962 people
- Poyare943 people
- Patgaon942 people

[All 98 villages in Devgad](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/sindhudurg/devgad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Malegaon from Oras Bk.?84 km by road
- What is the population of Malegaon?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malegaon in?Sindhudurg district (Devgad sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Malegaon?83.7% (Census 2011)