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About Malligenahalli Village

Malligenahalli is a mid sized village in Channagiri tehsil, in the district of Davanagere, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 548, made up of 291 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malligenahalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malligenahalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Davanagere
Tehsil Channagiri
Pincode 577527
Area (hectares) 460.88 hectares
Population 548
Male Population 291
Female Population 257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malligenahalli compares

By the 2011 count Malligenahalli is the 144th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 460.88 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 983.

Getting to Malligenahalli

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

Malligenahalli lies about 40 km from Davanagere, and the nearest railway station is Shimoga Bidare, about 31 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 Malligenahalli
Tehsil headquarters Channagiri 15 km
Nearest railway station Shimoga Bidare 31 km
District headquarters Davanagere 40 km

Villages closest to Malligenahalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malligenahalli village had a population of 548. That makes it the 144th largest of the 188 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Malligenahalli village has 291 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malligenahalli has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Malligenahalli is 577527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malligenahalli covers 460.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malligenahalli falls under Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malligenahalli is Shimoga Bidare, about 31 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 Malligenahalli.

Malligenahalli is about 40 km from Davanagere in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malligenahalli is in Channagiri tehsil of Davanagere district. Channagiri is about 15 km away. Shimoga Bidare is about 31 km away. Davanagere is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhuranaikanahalli (1.5 km), Benakanahalli (2.9 km) and Bulnaikanahalli (2.9 km).

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

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