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Malgaon Population - Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Malgaon is a medium size village located in Bakavand Tehsil of Bastar district, Chhattisgarh with total 422 families residing. The Malgaon village has population of 1857 of which 947 are males while 910 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 283 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malgaon village is 961 which is lower than Chhattisgarh state average of 991. Child Sex Ratio for the Malgaon as per census is 850, lower than Chhattisgarh average of 969.

Malgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to Chhattisgarh. In 2011, literacy rate of Malgaon village was 57.05 % compared to 70.28 % of Chhattisgarh. In Malgaon Male literacy stands at 68.64 % while female literacy rate was 45.26 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Malgaon village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Malgaon village.

Malgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 422 - -
Population 1,857 947 910
Child (0-6) 283 153 130
Schedule Caste 4 2 2
Schedule Tribe 954 488 466
Literacy 57.05 % 68.64 % 45.26 %
Total Workers 798 523 275
Main Worker 516 - -
Marginal Worker 282 70 212

Caste Factor

In Malgaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 51.37 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 0.22 % of total population in Malgaon village.

Work Profile

In Malgaon village out of total population, 798 were engaged in work activities. 64.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 798 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.