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About Malang Shahwala Village

Malang Shahwala is a small village in Zira tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 178 males and 153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malang Shahwala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malang Shahwala village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Zira
Pincode 142044
Area (hectares) 138.2 hectares
Population 331
Male Population 178
Female Population 153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Malang Shahwala compares

By the 2011 count Malang Shahwala is the 161st largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 138.2 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Malang Shahwala

The census records public bus service for Malang Shahwala as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malang Shahwala from other places

Malang Shahwala lies about 46 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jogiwala, about under 2 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 Malang Shahwala
Nearest railway station Jogiwala under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Zira 14 km
District headquarters Firozpur 46 km

Villages closest to Malang Shahwala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Zira 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.

Common questions about Malang Shahwala

As per the Census of India 2011, Malang Shahwala village had a population of 331. That makes it the 161st largest of the 204 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Malang Shahwala village has 178 males and 153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malang Shahwala has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Malang Shahwala is 142044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malang Shahwala covers 138.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malang Shahwala falls under Zira tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malang Shahwala is Jogiwala, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malang Shahwala.

Malang Shahwala is about 46 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malang Shahwala is in Zira tehsil of Firozpur district. Jogiwala is about under 2 km away. Zira is about 14 km away. Firozpur is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mubarewala (under 2 km), Amir Shahwala (under 2 km) and Gurali (1.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Malang Shahwala today is likely to be higher.

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