| Molahalli | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Karnataka, India |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Karnataka |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Udupi |
| Parts Type: | Taluk |
| Parts: | Kundapura |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Total: | 4079 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kannada, Konkani |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Registration Plate: | KA |
Molahalli is a village in the Kundapur taluk of Udupi district.
In 2011, Molahalli had a total population of 4079 people consisting of 2202 male and 353 female residents. The village occupies a total area of 2044.34 hectares with a population density of 1.995 people per hectare. As of 2011, the total literacy rate was 67.76% which was higher than the national average of 59.5%.[1]
In 2011, Molahalli had an employment rate of over 46.41%, 83.89% of whom are employed over 183 days in a year.
Molahalli is primarily dependent on agriculture as the primary source of employment and revenue. The village is expected to see a 15 hectare increase in irrigated farmland as a result of the construction of the Varahi Left Bank Irrigation canal.[2] However, shoddy and unfinished work on the canal has caused multiple breaches, which have adversely affected the regions farmland by submerging them during rainy seasons in 2015 and 2017.[3] [4]