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About Malakpur Bodal Village

Malakpur Bodal is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 460, made up of 243 males and 217 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malakpur Bodal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malakpur Bodal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144204
Area (hectares) 107 hectares
Population 460
Male Population 243
Female Population 217
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Malakpur Bodal compares

By the 2011 count Malakpur Bodal is the 233rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 107 hectares work out to about 4.3 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 984.

Getting to Malakpur Bodal

Malakpur Bodal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malakpur Bodal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Malakpur Bodal from other places

Malakpur Bodal lies about 29 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 4.8 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 Malakpur Bodal
Nearest town Urmar 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Khuda Kurala 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 29 km

Villages closest to Malakpur Bodal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Malakpur Bodal

As per the Census of India 2011, Malakpur Bodal village had a population of 460. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Malakpur Bodal village has 243 males and 217 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malakpur Bodal has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Malakpur Bodal is 144204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malakpur Bodal covers 107 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malakpur Bodal falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malakpur Bodal is Khuda Kurala, about 4.8 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malakpur Bodal.

Malakpur Bodal is about 29 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malakpur Bodal is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 4.7 km away. Khuda Kurala is about 4.8 km away. Dasua is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhajji Pind (under 2 km), Chattowal (1.8 km) and Darga Heri (1.8 km).

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

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