About Malikpur Village

Malikpur is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,539, made up of 805 males and 734 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143505
Area (hectares)	275 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	805
Female Population	734
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malikpur compares

By the 2011 count Malikpur is the 100th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 275 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Malikpur

Malikpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malikpur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malikpur from other places

Malikpur lies about 60 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Manawala, about 4.2 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 Malikpur
Nearest railway station	Manawala	4.2 km
Nearest town	Jandiāla Gurū	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	28 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	60 km

Villages closest to Malikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikpur village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 100th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Malikpur village has 805 males and 734 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikpur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Malikpur is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malikpur covers 275 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malikpur falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malikpur is Manawala, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Malikpur.

Malikpur is about 60 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikpur is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Manawala is about 4.2 km away. Jandiāla Gurū is about 6.5 km away. Batala is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.