About Malalur Village

Malalur is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 793, made up of 372 males and 421 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 881.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malalur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malalur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577432
Area (hectares)	881.94 hectares
Population	793
Male Population	372
Female Population	421
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,132
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malalur compares

By the 2011 count Malalur is the 43rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 881.94 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Malalur

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

Malalur lies about 60 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Barkur, about 48 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 Malalur
Nearest town	Someshwar	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	18 km
Nearest railway station	Barkur	48 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	60 km

Villages closest to Malalur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malalur village had a population of 793. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Malalur village has 372 males and 421 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malalur has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Malalur is 577432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malalur covers 881.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malalur falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malalur is Barkur, about 48 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 Malalur.

Malalur is about 60 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malalur is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Someshwar is about 15 km away. Tirthahalli is about 18 km away. Barkur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.