About Malakpur Village

Malakpur is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,718, made up of 878 males and 840 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malakpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malakpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	573 hectares
Population	1,718
Male Population	878
Female Population	840
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Malakpur compares

By the 2011 count Malakpur is the 30th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 573 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Malakpur

Malakpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Malakpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Malakpur from other places

Malakpur lies about 25 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Lalru, about 5.5 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 Malakpur
Nearest town	Lālru	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Lalru	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	12 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	25 km

Villages closest to Malakpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Malakpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Malakpur village had a population of 1,718. That makes it the 30th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Malakpur village has 878 males and 840 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malakpur has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Malakpur is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malakpur covers 573 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malakpur falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malakpur is Lalru, about 5.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Malakpur.

Malakpur is about 25 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malakpur is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Lālru is about 5.2 km away. Lalru is about 5.5 km away. Dera Bassi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.