About Malalagadde Village

Malalagadde is a mid sized village in Sorab tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 930, made up of 473 males and 457 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577434, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malalagadde Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malalagadde village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Sorab
Pincode	577434
Area (hectares)	490.37 hectares
Population	930
Male Population	473
Female Population	457
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malalagadde compares

By the 2011 count Malalagadde is the 56th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 676 residents. Its 490.37 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Malalagadde

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

Malalagadde lies about 65 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Balegundi, about 15 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 Malalagadde
Tehsil headquarters	Sorab	10 km
Nearest railway station	Balegundi	15 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	16 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	65 km

Villages closest to Malalagadde

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malalagadde village had a population of 930. That makes it the 56th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 676 residents.

Malalagadde village has 473 males and 457 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malalagadde has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Malalagadde is 577434. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malalagadde covers 490.37 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.

Malalagadde falls under Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malalagadde is Balegundi, about 15 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 Malalagadde.

Malalagadde is about 65 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malalagadde is in Sorab tehsil of Shimoga district. Sorab is about 10 km away. Balegundi is about 15 km away. Sāgar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.