About Malaghan Village

Malaghan is a mid sized village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,880, made up of 923 males and 957 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 955.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malaghan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malaghan village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chitapur
Pincode	585312
Area (hectares)	955.37 hectares
Population	1,880
Male Population	923
Female Population	957
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,037
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malaghan compares

By the 2011 count Malaghan is the 54th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 955.37 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Malaghan

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

Malaghan lies about 31 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Malkhaid Road, about 21 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 Malaghan
Nearest railway station	Malkhaid Road	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chitapur	23 km
Nearest town	Chītāpur	23 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	31 km

Villages closest to Malaghan

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 Malaghan

As per the Census of India 2011, Malaghan village had a population of 1,880. That makes it the 54th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Malaghan village has 923 males and 957 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malaghan has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

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

Malaghan covers 955.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malaghan falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malaghan is Malkhaid Road, about 21 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 Malaghan.

Malaghan is about 31 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malaghan is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Malkhaid Road is about 21 km away. Chitapur is about 23 km away. Chītāpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.