About Malkon Village

Malkon is a mid sized village in Nabha tehsil, in the district of Patiala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 841, made up of 444 males and 397 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 147201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malkon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malkon village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Patiala
Tehsil	Nabha
Pincode	147201
Area (hectares)	171 hectares
Population	841
Male Population	444
Female Population	397
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	894
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 Malkon compares

By the 2011 count Malkon is the 100th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents. Its 171 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Malkon

Malkon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malkon from other places

Malkon lies about 32 km from Patiala, and the nearest railway station is Kakrala, 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 Malkon
Nearest railway station	Kakrala	4.8 km
Nearest town	Bhawānīgarh	8.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nabha	10 km
District headquarters	Patiala	32 km

Villages closest to Malkon

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Malkon

As per the Census of India 2011, Malkon village had a population of 841. That makes it the 100th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,140 residents.

Malkon village has 444 males and 397 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malkon has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

The pincode recorded for Malkon is 147201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malkon covers 171 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malkon falls under Nabha tehsil of Patiala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malkon is Kakrala, 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 Malkon.

Malkon is about 32 km from Patiala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malkon is in Nabha tehsil of Patiala district. Kakrala is about 4.8 km away. Bhawānīgarh is about 8.1 km away. Nabha is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.