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About Malagalu Village

Malagalu is a mid sized village in Channapatna tehsil, in the district of Ramanagara, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 518, made up of 267 males and 251 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 562138, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malagalu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malagalu village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Ramanagara
Tehsil Channapatna
Pincode 562138
Area (hectares) 265.58 hectares
Population 518
Male Population 267
Female Population 251
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malagalu compares

By the 2011 count Malagalu is the 108th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents. Its 265.58 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Malagalu

Malagalu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malagalu as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Malagalu from other places

Malagalu lies about 20 km from Ramanagara. 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 Malagalu
Tehsil headquarters Channapatna 7.5 km
District headquarters Ramanagara 20 km

Villages closest to Malagalu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malagalu village had a population of 518. That makes it the 108th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,420 residents.

Malagalu village has 267 males and 251 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malagalu has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Malagalu is 562138. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malagalu covers 265.58 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.

Malagalu falls under Channapatna tehsil of Ramanagara district in Karnataka.

The census record for Malagalu notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malagalu.

Malagalu is about 20 km from Ramanagara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malagalu is in Channapatna tehsil of Ramanagara district. Channapatna is about 7.5 km away. Ramanagara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santhemogenahalli (under 2 km), Bhoohalli (under 2 km) and Somanathapura (1.8 km).

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

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