About Maluru Village

Maluru is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,261, made up of 624 males and 637 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2730.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maluru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maluru village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	2730.72 hectares
Population	1,261
Male Population	624
Female Population	637
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maluru compares

By the 2011 count Maluru is the 25th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 2730.72 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1029.

Getting to Maluru

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

Maluru lies about 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 30 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 Maluru
Nearest town	Shikaripura	22 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	30 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	34 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	66 km

Villages closest to Maluru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Maluru village had a population of 1,261. That makes it the 25th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Maluru village has 624 males and 637 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maluru has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Maluru is 577401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maluru covers 2730.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Maluru falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Maluru is Balegundi, about 30 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 Maluru.

Maluru is about 66 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maluru is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikaripura is about 22 km away. Balegundi is about 30 km away. Sagar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.