About Malur Village

Malur is a mid sized village in Tirthahalli tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 515 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 348.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577232, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malur village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Tirthahalli
Pincode	577232
Area (hectares)	348.63 hectares
Population	1,019
Male Population	515
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malur compares

By the 2011 count Malur is the 26th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 524 residents. Its 348.63 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Malur

Malur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malur from other places

Malur lies about 33 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Arasalu, about 30 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 Malur
Tehsil headquarters	Tirthahalli	11 km
Nearest railway station	Arasalu	30 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	33 km
Nearest town	Shivamogga	33 km

Villages closest to Malur

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 Malur

As per the Census of India 2011, Malur village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 26th largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 524 residents.

Malur village has 515 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malur has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Malur is 577232. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malur covers 348.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malur falls under Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malur is Arasalu, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malur.

Malur is about 33 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malur is in Tirthahalli tehsil of Shimoga district. Tirthahalli is about 11 km away. Arasalu is about 30 km away. Shimoga is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.