About Malur Village

Malur is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 647, made up of 310 males and 337 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577436, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577436
Area (hectares)	539.96 hectares
Population	647
Male Population	310
Female Population	337
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malur compares

By the 2011 count Malur is the 68th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 539.96 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1025.

Getting to Malur

Malur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ 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 42 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Kenchanalu, about 18 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
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kenchanalu	18 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	35 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	42 km

Villages closest to Malur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malur village had a population of 647. That makes it the 68th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Malur village has 310 males and 337 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malur has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Malur is 577436. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malur covers 539.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malur falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malur is Kenchanalu, about 18 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 village for Malur.

Malur is about 42 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malur is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 12 km away. Kenchanalu is about 18 km away. Sāgar is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.