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- LGD code
- 616658
- Pincode
- 573102
- Post office
- Arkalgud
- Population
- 75
- Households
- 19
- Literacy rate
- 81.3%
- Sex ratio
- 1083 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 39
- Distance to district centre
- 101 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 102 km
- Distance to Bengaluru
- 24 km
- Distance to Chennai
- 311 km
- Nearest railway station
- Nelamangala · 4 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- M S Ramaiah Harsha Hospital · 2 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Mallapura compares
By population, Mallapura ranks #265 of 296 villages in Arkalgud mandal.
Literacy rate
%
81.3%
+20.0% vs mandal average
- Mallapura
- 81.3%
- Arkalgud mandal
- 61.3%
- Hassan district
- 69.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,083
+82 vs mandal average
- Mallapura
- 1,083
- Arkalgud mandal
- 1,001
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Mallapura
- 3.9
- Arkalgud mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Mallapura at a glance
Mallapura is a village of 75 people in 19 households (Census 2011) in Arkalgud taluk, Hassan district, Karnataka, the 265th-largest of 296 villages in Arkalgud taluk. Literacy is 81%, 20 points above the taluk average of 61% and the sex ratio is 1,083 women per 1,000 men. It lies 101 km from the Hassan district centre, 17 km from Jalhalli, the nearest town, 4 km from Nelamangala railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 573102, served by Arkalgud post office; the LGD village code is 616658. The nearest hospital or health centre is M S Ramaiah Harsha Hospital, 2 km away. The village votes in Shravanabelagola assembly constituency, represented by MLA C N Balakrishna. The population is estimated at 88 in 2026, up 17% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Mallapura
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ARKALGUD
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 37
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- SANTHEMARUR
- Total area (ha)
- 58.03
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 10.36
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Mallapura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Mallapura
- LGD code
- 616658
- Pincode
- 573102
- Post office
- Arkalgud
- Population (Census 2011)
- 75
- Population (projected 2026)
- 88
- Households
- 19
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1083
- Literacy rate
- 81.3%
- Coordinates
- 13.07782°N, 77.39859°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hassan
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Shravanabelagola
- Member of Parliament
- Shreyas M. Patel
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- C N Balakrishna
- Block / Mandal
- Arkalgud
Getting there
How to reach Mallapura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bengaluru24 kmcapital
- Chennai311 km
- Hyderabad493 km
- Mumbai823 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationNelamangala4 km
- Bus stopMallapura Tavare Kere<1 km
- Hospital / PHCM S Ramaiah Harsha Hospital2 km
- ATM / bankHDFC Bank2 km
- Petrol pumpHP3 km
- CollegeAcharya graduate studies9 km
- Police stationNelamangala Traffic Police Station2 km
Nearest to the village
- Bus stop
- Lakshmi Devastana Nelamangalaunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Mallapura
5 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Mallapura
5 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 573102
- Vijapura ForestArkalgud mandal1,621 pop
- SanthemarurArkalgud mandal1,579 pop
- YagatiArkalgud mandal1,469 pop
- DummiArkalgud mandal1,358 pop
- HebbaleArkalgud mandal1,335 pop
- MallipatnaArkalgud mandal1,287 pop
- HonnavalliArkalgud mandal1,280 pop
- Jodi GubbiHole Narsipur mandal1,275 pop
- HullangalaArkalgud mandal1,270 pop
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- Rudrapatna
- Chikkahalli
- Hulikallu
- Belavadi
- Bilaguli
- Doddamagge
- Kattepura
- Maduranahalli
- Basavanahalli
- Vijapura Forest
- Santhemarur
- Ramanathapura
- Kotavalu
- Handrangi
- Kadavinahosahalli
- Heggadihalli
- Hirehalli
- Yagati
- Ankanahalli
- Dummi
- Anandoor
- Hebbale
- Siddapura
- Nilavagilu
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- Hullangala
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-21
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)