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About Malur Village

Malur is a small village in Malur tehsil, in the district of Kolar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 115, made up of 62 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 563130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Kolar
Tehsil Malur
Pincode 563130
Area (hectares) 139.74 hectares
Population 115
Male Population 62
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malur compares

By the 2011 count Malur is the 268th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 632 residents. Its 139.74 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 966.

Getting to Malur

Malur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malur from other places

Malur lies about 26 km from Kolar, and the nearest railway station is Malur, about under 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 Malur
Nearest town Mālūr under 2 km
Nearest railway station Malur under 2 km
District headquarters Kolar 26 km

Villages closest to Malur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malur village had a population of 115. That makes it the 268th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 632 residents.

Malur village has 62 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malur has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Malur is 563130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malur covers 139.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malur falls under Malur tehsil of Kolar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malur is Malur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malur.

Malur is about 26 km from Kolar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malur is in Malur tehsil of Kolar district. Mālūr is about under 2 km away. Malur is about under 2 km away. Kolar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanachikkanahalli (1.6 km), Irabanahalli (2.3 km) and Chokkondahalli (2.3 km).

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

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