About Malkod Village

Malkod is a mid sized village in Honavar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 263 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581348, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkod village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Honavar
Pincode	581348
Area (hectares)	307.04 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	263
Female Population	280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,065
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malkod compares

By the 2011 count Malkod is the 59th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents. Its 307.04 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1003.

Getting to Malkod

Malkod is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malkod as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkod from other places

Malkod lies about 46 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Manki, about 8.9 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 Malkod
Tehsil headquarters	Honavar	5.6 km
Nearest railway station	Manki	8.9 km
Nearest town	Kumta	21 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	46 km

Villages closest to Malkod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkod village had a population of 543. That makes it the 59th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,600 residents.

Malkod village has 263 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkod has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Malkod is 581348. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkod covers 307.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Malkod falls under Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Malkod is Manki, about 8.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Malkod.

Malkod is about 46 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkod is in Honavar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Honavar is about 5.6 km away. Manki is about 8.9 km away. Kumta is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.