About Mala Bagh Village

Mala Bagh is a small village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 217 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mala Bagh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mala Bagh village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Pincode	193302
Area (hectares)	26.7 hectares
Population	433
Male Population	217
Female Population	216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mala Bagh compares

By the 2011 count Mala Bagh is the 161st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 26.7 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Mala Bagh

Mala Bagh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Mala Bagh as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Mala Bagh from other places

Mala Bagh lies about 20 km from Kupwara. 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 Mala Bagh
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	9.0 km
Nearest town	Sopur	13 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	20 km

Villages closest to Mala Bagh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Mala Bagh

As per the Census of India 2011, Mala Bagh village had a population of 433. That makes it the 161st largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Mala Bagh village has 217 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mala Bagh has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Mala Bagh is 193302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mala Bagh covers 26.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Mala Bagh falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Mala Bagh notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mala Bagh.

Mala Bagh is about 20 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mala Bagh is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 9.0 km away. Sopur is about 13 km away. Kupwara is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.