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About Maladi Village

Maladi is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,459, made up of 2,210 males and 2,249 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 964.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maladi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maladi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Beltangadi
Pincode 574224
Area (hectares) 964.52 hectares
Population 4,459
Male Population 2,210
Female Population 2,249
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Maladi compares

By the 2011 count Maladi is the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 964.52 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Maladi

Maladi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maladi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Maladi from other places

Maladi lies about 15 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 17 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 Maladi
Tehsil headquarters Beltangadi 8.8 km
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 15 km
Nearest railway station Neralakatte 17 km
Nearest town Bantvāl 19 km

Villages closest to Maladi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maladi village had a population of 4,459. That makes it the 13th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Maladi village has 2,210 males and 2,249 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maladi has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Maladi is 574224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maladi covers 964.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maladi falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maladi is Neralakatte, about 17 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 village for Maladi.

Maladi is about 15 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maladi is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Beltangadi is about 8.8 km away. Dakshina Kannada is about 15 km away. Neralakatte is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonandur (1.9 km), Parenky (2.5 km) and Kukkala (3.4 km).

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

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