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About Malgatti Village

Malgatti is a large village in Chitapur tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,097, made up of 1,538 males and 1,559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2217.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malgatti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malgatti village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Chitapur
Pincode 585228
Area (hectares) 2217.94 hectares
Population 3,097
Male Population 1,538
Female Population 1,559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malgatti compares

By the 2011 count Malgatti is the 25th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents. Its 2217.94 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Malgatti

Malgatti is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malgatti 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malgatti from other places

Malgatti lies about 28 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Shahabad, about 3.4 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 Malgatti
Nearest railway station Shahabad 3.4 km
Nearest town Shāhābād 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chitapur 12 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 28 km

Villages closest to Malgatti

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.

Common questions about Malgatti

As per the Census of India 2011, Malgatti village had a population of 3,097. That makes it the 25th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,247 residents.

Malgatti village has 1,538 males and 1,559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malgatti has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Malgatti is 585228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malgatti covers 2217.94 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.

Malgatti falls under Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malgatti is Shahabad, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malgatti.

Malgatti is about 28 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malgatti is in Chitapur tehsil of Gulbarga district. Shahabad is about 3.4 km away. Shāhābād is about 3.7 km away. Chitapur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gola (2.9 km), Shahabad (3.7 km) and Shankerwadi (4.1 km).

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

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