About Mallapura Village

Mallapura is a mid sized village in Shikarpur tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 998, made up of 534 males and 464 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mallapura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mallapura village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Shikarpur
Pincode	577214
Area (hectares)	537.17 hectares
Population	998
Male Population	534
Female Population	464
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mallapura compares

By the 2011 count Mallapura is the 79th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents. Its 537.17 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Mallapura

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

Mallapura lies about 45 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Adderi, 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 Mallapura
Tehsil headquarters	Shikarpur	7.8 km
Nearest town	Shikaripura	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Adderi	18 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	45 km

Villages closest to Mallapura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mallapura village had a population of 998. That makes it the 79th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,191 residents.

Mallapura village has 534 males and 464 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mallapura has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Mallapura is 577214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mallapura covers 537.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mallapura falls under Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Mallapura is Adderi, 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 Mallapura.

Mallapura is about 45 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mallapura is in Shikarpur tehsil of Shimoga district. Shikarpur is about 7.8 km away. Shikaripura is about 7.8 km away. Adderi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.