About Malve Village

Malve is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 713 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 860.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malve Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malve village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sagar
Pincode	577401
Area (hectares)	860.32 hectares
Population	1,447
Male Population	713
Female Population	734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malve compares

By the 2011 count Malve is the 18th 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 860.32 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 Malve

Malve is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malve as Available within 5 - 10 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 Malve from other places

Malve lies about 66 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Sagar Jambagaru, about 6.4 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 Malve
Nearest railway station	Sagar Jambagaru	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sagar	6.8 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	6.8 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	66 km

Villages closest to Malve

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 Malve

As per the Census of India 2011, Malve village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 18th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Malve village has 713 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

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

Malve covers 860.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malve falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malve is Sagar Jambagaru, about 6.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malve.

Malve 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.

Malve is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Sagar Jambagaru is about 6.4 km away. Sagar is about 6.8 km away. Sāgar is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.