About Malag Village

Malag is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,246, made up of 605 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1239.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malag village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585312
Area (hectares)	1239.29 hectares
Population	1,246
Male Population	605
Female Population	641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,060
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malag compares

By the 2011 count Malag is the 77th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 1239.29 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Malag

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

Malag lies about 46 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nalwar, about 8.5 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 Malag
Nearest railway station	Nalwar	8.5 km
Nearest town	Wādi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	26 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	46 km

Villages closest to Malag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malag village had a population of 1,246. That makes it the 77th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Malag village has 605 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malag has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Malag is 585312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malag covers 1239.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malag falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malag is Nalwar, about 8.5 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 10+ km distance for Malag.

Malag is about 46 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malag is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nalwar is about 8.5 km away. Wādi is about 14 km away. Chitapur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.