About Malapude Village

Malapude is a mid sized village in Shahuwadi tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,594, made up of 801 males and 793 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 308 hectares hectares.

Malapude Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malapude village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Shahuwadi
Area (hectares)	308 hectares
Population	1,594
Male Population	801
Female Population	793
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malapude compares

By the 2011 count Malapude is the 44th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents. Its 308 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 1039.

Getting to Malapude

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

How far is Malapude from other places

Malapude lies about 30 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 31 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 Malapude
Tehsil headquarters	Shahuwadi	16 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	30 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	31 km

Villages closest to Malapude

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malapude village had a population of 1,594. That makes it the 44th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,356 residents.

Malapude village has 801 males and 793 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malapude has about 990 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 1039.

Malapude covers 308 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malapude falls under Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Malapude is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 31 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 10+ km distance for Malapude.

Malapude is about 30 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malapude is in Shahuwadi tehsil of Kolhapur district. Shahuwadi is about 16 km away. Kolhapur is about 30 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.