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About Malapura Village

Malapura is a small village in Gundlupet tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 114 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malapura village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Gundlupet
Pincode 571111
Area (hectares) 101.09 hectares
Population 221
Male Population 114
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 939
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malapura compares

By the 2011 count Malapura is the 116th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents. Its 101.09 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Malapura

Malapura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malapura 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 Malapura from other places

Malapura lies about 31 km from Chamarajanagar, and the nearest railway station is Mariyalaganavadi, about 32 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 Malapura
Tehsil headquarters Gundlupet 13 km
Nearest town Gundlupēt 13 km
District headquarters Chamarajanagar 31 km
Nearest railway station Mariyalaganavadi 32 km

Villages closest to Malapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malapura village had a population of 221. That makes it the 116th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,434 residents.

Malapura village has 114 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malapura has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Malapura is 571111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malapura covers 101.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malapura falls under Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malapura is Mariyalaganavadi, about 32 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 Malapura.

Malapura is about 31 km from Chamarajanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malapura is in Gundlupet tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Gundlupet is about 13 km away. Gundlupēt is about 13 km away. Chamarajanagar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yeriyur (under 2 km), Bachahalli (2.1 km) and Heggavadi (2.4 km).

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

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