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About Malali Village

Malali is a mid sized village in Hosdurga tehsil, in the district of Chitradurga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,191, made up of 628 males and 563 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1308.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577515, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malali village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Chitradurga
Tehsil Hosdurga
Pincode 577515
Area (hectares) 1308.72 hectares
Population 1,191
Male Population 628
Female Population 563
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 896
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malali compares

By the 2011 count Malali is the 60th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents. Its 1308.72 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Malali

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

Malali lies about 56 km from Chitradurga, and the nearest railway station is Hosadurga Road, about 15 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 Malali
Tehsil headquarters Hosdurga 8.7 km
Nearest town Hosadurga 8.7 km
Nearest railway station Hosadurga Road 15 km
District headquarters Chitradurga 56 km

Villages closest to Malali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malali village had a population of 1,191. That makes it the 60th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,034 residents.

Malali village has 628 males and 563 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malali has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Malali is 577515. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malali covers 1308.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malali falls under Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malali is Hosadurga Road, about 15 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 Malali.

Malali is about 56 km from Chitradurga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malali is in Hosdurga tehsil of Chitradurga district. Hosdurga is about 8.7 km away. Hosadurga is about 8.7 km away. Hosadurga Road is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kondajji (2.9 km), Kangavalli (3.1 km) and Marabagatta (3.4 km).

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

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