# Malur Village, Tirthahalli, Shimoga (Karnataka) – PIN Code, Facilities & Population

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Village · Tirthahalli, Shimoga 

# Malur

Malur is a village in Tirthahalli sub-district of Shimoga district, Karnataka, PIN code **577232**. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 282 households**, the 26th largest of 245 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 282households
- 88.1%literacy
- 577232PIN code

## Malur PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Malur is 577232.** Malur falls in Tirthahalli sub-district, Shimoga district, Karnataka.

- PIN code577232
- Gram panchayatBejjavalli
- Community development blockTirthahalli
- Census village code608162

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Malur from nearby towns?

- Tirthahalli (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Shimoga (district HQ)43 km by road
- Tirthahalli (nearest town)17 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Malur?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Malur; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Senior secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary health centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●TB clinicIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Tirthahalli
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Tirthahalli
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking wateruntreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Malur known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 51% of the 349 hectares of village land is sown, and 118 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Malur

Of every 100 households in Malur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 81 a toilet at home and 36 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 22 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Malur · ■ Tirthahalli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****81%**

**71%

No toilet (open defecation) ****19%**

**29%

Tap water ****54%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****36%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****60%**

**79%

Use banking services ****78%**

**81%

Television ****64%**

**56%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****22%**

**24%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**6%

None of these assets ****14%**

**10%

Own their home ****69%**

**93%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Malur?

■ Malur · ■ Tirthahalli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.1%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**1030

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**944

Working population ****44.1%**

**51.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.4% for men and 81.8% for women. 63% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (41%) · **■** Household industry 22 (5%) · **■** Other work 176 (39%) · **■** Marginal 1 (0%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Tirthahalli

- Kannangi1,073 people
- Bidaragodu1,039 people
- Yadehalli1,021 people
- Guddekoppa1,020 people
- Kangalakoppa992 people
- Kolagi992 people
- Bekshikenjigudde985 people
- Hosabeedu950 people

[All 247 villages in Tirthahalli](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/shimoga/tirthahalli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Malur?577232
- How far is Malur from Shimoga?43 km by road
- What is the population of Malur?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malur in?Shimoga district (Tirthahalli sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Malur?88.1% (Census 2011)