About Maluka Village

Maluka is one of the larger villages in Rampura Phul tehsil, in the district of Bathinda, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,651, made up of 3,538 males and 3,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2093 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Maluka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Maluka village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Bathinda
Tehsil	Rampura Phul
Pincode	151301
Area (hectares)	2093 hectares
Population	6,651
Male Population	3,538
Female Population	3,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Maluka compares

By the 2011 count Maluka is the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,394 residents. Its 2093 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Maluka

Maluka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Maluka as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Maluka from other places

Maluka lies about 27 km from Bathinda, and the nearest railway station is Chandbhan, about 16 km away. 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 Maluka
Nearest town	Jaito	16 km
Nearest railway station	Chandbhan	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rampura Phul	25 km
District headquarters	Bathinda	27 km

Villages closest to Maluka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rampura Phul 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 Maluka

As per the Census of India 2011, Maluka village had a population of 6,651. That makes it the 9th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,394 residents.

Maluka village has 3,538 males and 3,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Maluka has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Maluka is 151301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Maluka covers 2093 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Maluka falls under Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Maluka is Chandbhan, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 village for Maluka.

Maluka is about 27 km from Bathinda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Maluka is in Rampura Phul tehsil of Bathinda district. Jaito is about 16 km away. Chandbhan is about 16 km away. Rampura Phul is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.