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About Malwadi Village

Malwadi is a mid sized village in Haliyal tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 306 males and 319 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 363.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581329, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malwadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malwadi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Haliyal
Pincode 581329
Area (hectares) 363.71 hectares
Population 625
Male Population 306
Female Population 319
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,042
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malwadi compares

By the 2011 count Malwadi is the 49th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 834 residents. Its 363.71 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 940.

Getting to Malwadi

Malwadi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malwadi as Available within <5 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 Malwadi from other places

Malwadi lies about 73 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Shingatgere, about 17 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 Malwadi
Tehsil headquarters Haliyal 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Shingatgere 17 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 73 km

Villages closest to Malwadi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malwadi village had a population of 625. That makes it the 49th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 834 residents.

Malwadi village has 306 males and 319 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malwadi has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Malwadi is 581329. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malwadi covers 363.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malwadi falls under Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malwadi is Shingatgere, about 17 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malwadi.

Malwadi is about 73 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malwadi is in Haliyal tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Haliyal is about 7.4 km away. Shingatgere is about 17 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Malawad (under 2 km), Malawadi (under 2 km) and Malwad (under 2 km).

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

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