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About Malkapur Village

Malkapur is a large village in Bidar tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,366, made up of 1,251 males and 1,115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 763.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkapur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Bidar
Tehsil Bidar
Pincode 585403
Area (hectares) 763.93 hectares
Population 2,366
Male Population 1,251
Female Population 1,115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malkapur compares

By the 2011 count Malkapur is the 36th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents. Its 763.93 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Malkapur

Malkapur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malkapur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkapur from other places

Malkapur lies about 19 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Matalkunta, about 3.5 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 Malkapur
Nearest railway station Matalkunta 3.5 km
Nearest town Zahirābād 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bidar 19 km

Villages closest to Malkapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkapur village had a population of 2,366. That makes it the 36th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,090 residents.

Malkapur village has 1,251 males and 1,115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkapur has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Malkapur is 585403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkapur covers 763.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkapur falls under Bidar tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malkapur is Matalkunta, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malkapur.

Malkapur is about 19 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkapur is in Bidar tehsil of Bidar district. Matalkunta is about 3.5 km away. Zahirābād is about 8.5 km away. Bidar is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirzapur (under 2 km), Mirzapur Taj (under 2 km) and Barur (3.7 km).

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

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