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About Malali Village

Malali is a small village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 153 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 467.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577421, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malali village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Shimoga
Tehsil Sagar
Pincode 577421
Area (hectares) 467.16 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 153
Female Population 163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malali compares

By the 2011 count Malali is the 150th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 616 residents. Its 467.16 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

Getting to Malali

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

Malali lies about 72 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Talaguppa, about 13 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 Malali
Nearest railway station Talaguppa 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 14 km
Nearest town Sāgar 14 km
District headquarters Shimoga 72 km

Villages closest to Malali

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.

Common questions about Malali

As per the Census of India 2011, Malali village had a population of 316. That makes it the 150th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 616 residents.

Malali village has 153 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malali has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1029.

The pincode recorded for Malali is 577421. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malali covers 467.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malali falls under Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malali is Talaguppa, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance for Malali.

Malali is about 72 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malali is in Sagar tehsil of Shimoga district. Talaguppa is about 13 km away. Sagar is about 14 km away. Sāgar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nadamalla (2.0 km), Hedatri (3.1 km) and Ambaragodlu (4.6 km).

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

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