About Malkon Village

Malkon is a mid sized village in Budhlada tehsil, in the district of Mansa, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,794, made up of 945 males and 849 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 151506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkon village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Mansa
Tehsil	Budhlada
Pincode	151506
Area (hectares)	601 hectares
Population	1,794
Male Population	945
Female Population	849
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Malkon compares

By the 2011 count Malkon is the 43rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents. Its 601 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Malkon

Malkon 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 Malkon 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkon from other places

Malkon lies about 20 km from Mansa, and the nearest railway station is Budhlada, about 16 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 Malkon
Nearest railway station	Budhlada	16 km
Nearest town	Budhlāda	17 km
District headquarters	Mansa	20 km

Villages closest to Malkon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkon village had a population of 1,794. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,484 residents.

Malkon village has 945 males and 849 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkon has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Malkon is 151506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkon covers 601 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkon falls under Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malkon is Budhlada, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Malkon.

Malkon is about 20 km from Mansa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkon is in Budhlada tehsil of Mansa district. Budhlada is about 16 km away. Budhlāda is about 17 km away. Mansa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.