About Malawad Village

Malawad is a mid sized village in Ron tehsil, in the district of Gadag, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,648, made up of 845 males and 803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1180.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 582203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malawad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malawad village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gadag
Tehsil	Ron
Pincode	582203
Area (hectares)	1180.51 hectares
Population	1,648
Male Population	845
Female Population	803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malawad compares

By the 2011 count Malawad is the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents. Its 1180.51 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Malawad

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

Malawad lies about 39 km from Gadag, and the nearest railway station is Somanakatti, about 9.2 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 Malawad
Nearest railway station	Somanakatti	9.2 km
Nearest town	Nargund	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ron	22 km
District headquarters	Gadag	39 km

Villages closest to Malawad

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

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Common questions about Malawad

As per the Census of India 2011, Malawad village had a population of 1,648. That makes it the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,062 residents.

Malawad village has 845 males and 803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malawad has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Malawad is 582203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malawad covers 1180.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malawad falls under Ron tehsil of Gadag district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malawad is Somanakatti, about 9.2 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 Malawad.

Malawad is about 39 km from Gadag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malawad is in Ron tehsil of Gadag district. Somanakatti is about 9.2 km away. Nargund is about 18 km away. Ron is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.