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About Malikpur Village

Malikpur is a mid sized village in Phagwara tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,487, made up of 787 males and 700 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malikpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malikpur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Phagwara
Pincode 144408
Area (hectares) 449.62 hectares
Population 1,487
Male Population 787
Female Population 700
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malikpur compares

By the 2011 count Malikpur is the 37th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 449.62 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 938.

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 <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 45 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Mandhali, about 9.1 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 Mandhali 9.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Phagwara 9.3 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 9.3 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 45 km

Villages closest to Malikpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malikpur village had a population of 1,487. That makes it the 37th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Malikpur village has 787 males and 700 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malikpur has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Malikpur is 144408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malikpur covers 449.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malikpur falls under Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malikpur is Mandhali, about 9.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Malikpur is about 45 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malikpur is in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district. Mandhali is about 9.1 km away. Phagwara is about 9.3 km away. Phagwāra is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lakhpur (2.4 km), Sahni (2.6 km) and Maio Patti (3.1 km).

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

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