Malpur | |
Settlement Type: | Census town |
Pushpin Map: | India Gujarat#India3 |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Gujarat, India |
Coordinates: | 23.3591°N 73.4646°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Gujarat |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Aravalli district |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 4 |
Population Total: | 6510 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Gujarati, Hindi |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code: | 383345 |
Registration Plate: | GJ-31 |
Malpur is a census town in Aravalli district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
See main article: Malpur State. Malpur State was an Indian princely state founded about the middle of the fifteenth century. Rawal Virajmal, son of Rao Kiratsinghji of Idar State, was succeeded on 12 April 1882 by his son Rawal Dipsinhji Sheosinhji, born in 1863.
The last ruler was Rawal Shri Gambhirsinhji Himatsinhji, born 27 October 1914 and who acceded to the throne on 23 June 1923.[1] He was educated at Scott College, Sadra and Mayo College, Ajmer and nominally ruled until 1947 when Malpur State was merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme in December 1943.[2] Finally Baroda State acceded to the Indian Union on 1 May 1949.
Malpur is located at 23.3591°N 73.4646°W.[3] It has an average elevation of 4 metres (13 feet).
India census,[4] Malpur had a population of 6,510. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Malpur has an average literacy rate of 72%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 79%, and female literacy is 64%. In Malpur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Malpur is connected to all major towns of Gujarat by public transport service operated by GSRTC.