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About Malkana Village

Malkana is a small village in Pathankot tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 313, made up of 167 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 145025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkana village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Pathankot
Pincode 145025
Area (hectares) 74 hectares
Population 313
Male Population 167
Female Population 146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
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 Malkana compares

By the 2011 count Malkana is the 262nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 74 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 934.

Getting to Malkana

The census records public bus service for Malkana 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 Malkana from other places

Malkana lies about 30 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, about 9.3 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 Malkana
Nearest railway station Chak Kalan 9.3 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathankot 23 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 30 km

Villages closest to Malkana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkana village had a population of 313. That makes it the 262nd largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Malkana village has 167 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkana has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Malkana is 145025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkana covers 74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkana falls under Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malkana is Chak Kalan, about 9.3 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 Malkana.

Malkana is about 30 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkana is in Pathankot tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Chak Kalan is about 9.3 km away. Mukeriān is about 16 km away. Pathankot is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhalorian (5.7 km), Khanpur (6.7 km) and Bahladpur (9.4 km).

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

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