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About Malarpalya Village

Malarpalya is a mid sized village in Yelandur tehsil, in the district of Chamarajanagar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 902, made up of 467 males and 435 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malarpalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malarpalya village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chamarajanagar
Tehsil Yelandur
Pincode 571441
Area (hectares) 294.35 hectares
Population 902
Male Population 467
Female Population 435
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malarpalya compares

By the 2011 count Malarpalya is the 23rd largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,618 residents. Its 294.35 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 994.

Getting to Malarpalya

Malarpalya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malarpalya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malarpalya from other places

Malarpalya lies about 5.7 km from Yelandur, and the nearest railway station is Chamarajanagar, about 22 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 Malarpalya
Tehsil headquarters Yelandur 5.7 km
Nearest town Kollegāl 11 km
Nearest railway station Chamarajanagar 22 km

Villages closest to Malarpalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malarpalya village had a population of 902. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,618 residents.

Malarpalya village has 467 males and 435 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malarpalya has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Malarpalya is 571441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malarpalya covers 294.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malarpalya falls under Yelandur tehsil of Chamarajanagar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malarpalya is Chamarajanagar, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malarpalya.

Malarpalya is about 5.7 km from Yelandur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malarpalya is in Yelandur tehsil of Chamarajanagar district. Yelandur is about 5.7 km away. Kollegāl is about 11 km away. Chamarajanagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alkereagrahara (under 2 km), A Devarahalli (1.9 km) and K Devarahalli (1.9 km).

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

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