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About Malak Village

Malak is a large village in Jagraon tehsil, in the district of Ludhiana, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,722, made up of 2,446 males and 2,276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 791 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Ludhiana
Tehsil Jagraon
Pincode 142026
Area (hectares) 791 hectares
Population 4,722
Male Population 2,446
Female Population 2,276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Malak compares

By the 2011 count Malak is the 15th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 791 hectares work out to about 6.0 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 919.

Getting to Malak

Malak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malak 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 Malak from other places

Malak lies about 36 km from Ludhiana, and the nearest railway station is Jagraon, about 3.3 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 Malak
Nearest railway station Jagraon 3.3 km
District headquarters Ludhiana 36 km

Villages closest to Malak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malak village had a population of 4,722. That makes it the 15th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Malak village has 2,446 males and 2,276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malak has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Malak is 142026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malak covers 791 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malak falls under Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malak is Jagraon, about 3.3 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 Malak.

Malak is about 36 km from Ludhiana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malak is in Jagraon tehsil of Ludhiana district. Jagraon is about 3.3 km away. Ludhiana is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bodalwala (1.8 km), Chimna (2.1 km) and Shahid Rachhpal Singh Nagar Urf Aligarh (2.5 km).

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

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