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About Malopota Village

Malopota is a mid sized village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,699, made up of 819 males and 880 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144509, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Malopota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Malopota village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil Nawanshahr
Pincode 144509
Area (hectares) 361 hectares
Population 1,699
Male Population 819
Female Population 880
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Malopota compares

By the 2011 count Malopota is the 55th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 361 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Malopota

The census records public bus service for Malopota as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Malopota from other places

Malopota lies about 13 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Malupota, about under 2 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 Malopota
Nearest railway station Malupota under 2 km
Nearest town Banga 4.1 km
District headquarters Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Nawanshahr 17 km

Villages closest to Malopota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Malopota village had a population of 1,699. That makes it the 55th largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Malopota village has 819 males and 880 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Malopota has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Malopota is 144509. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Malopota covers 361 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Malopota falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Malopota is Malupota, about under 2 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Malopota.

Malopota is about 13 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Malopota is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Malupota is about under 2 km away. Banga is about 4.1 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 13 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 (1.7 km), Dhahan (1.8 km) and Mazari (2.0 km).

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

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