About Malsian Village

Malsian is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,944, made up of 1,003 males and 941 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 665.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144702, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malsian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malsian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144702
Area (hectares)	665.58 hectares
Population	1,944
Male Population	1,003
Female Population	941
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malsian compares

By the 2011 count Malsian is the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 665.58 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Malsian

Malsian is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Malsian 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malsian from other places

Malsian lies about 31 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Malsian Shahkot, about 2.3 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 Malsian
Nearest railway station	Malsian Shahkot	2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	5.5 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	12 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	31 km

Villages closest to Malsian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malsian village had a population of 1,944. That makes it the 11th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Malsian village has 1,003 males and 941 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malsian has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Malsian is 144702. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malsian covers 665.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malsian falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malsian is Malsian Shahkot, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Malsian is about 31 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malsian is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Malsian Shahkot is about 2.3 km away. Shahkot is about 5.5 km away. Nakodar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.