Malakpurਮਲਕਪੁਰ

Where is Malakpur?

Malakpur is a village in Dera Bassi tehsil of SAS Nagar district in Punjab, India. It lies in the Puadh region, and the 2011 directory recorded Dera Bassi, about 15 kilometres away, as its nearest town. The village falls in the Dera Bassi community development block and has its own gram panchayat. In the census record it carries village code 039281, and it covers 573 hectares.

Population and households

The 2011 census counted 1,718 people in Malakpur: 878 men and 840 women, living in 279 households, an average of about 6.2 people per household. Spread over its 573 hectares, the population density works out to about 300 people per square kilometre. The sex ratio was 957 women for every 1,000 men. Children up to the age of six numbered 224, about 13 per cent of the village. Scheduled Castes made up 186 people, about 11 per cent of the population, and no Scheduled Tribe population was recorded.

Literacy in 2011 stood at 76.71 per cent among residents aged seven and above, with men at 82.11 per cent and women at 71.02 per cent. The census recorded 599 workers, about 35 per cent of the village. Of the 561 main workers, the largest group, 326, were other workers in trade, transport and services, ahead of 214 cultivators on their own land and 18 agricultural labourers. A further 38 people were marginal workers, employed for only part of the year.

Land and farming

Farming covers most of Malakpur's land. Of the village's 573 hectares, 539 hectares were net sown area in the 2011 record, and 108 hectares of it were irrigated. Irrigation came mainly from wells and tube-wells (108 hectares). About 33 hectares were under non-agricultural uses such as the village settlement, roads and ponds. Farm power supply was recorded at 12 hours a day. With 218 cultivators and 24 agricultural labourers in the census, most farm work in the village is done by landholding families themselves.

Schools and facilities

The Census 2011 Village Directory gives the fullest picture of village facilities. Education in the village runs through one government primary school, one government middle school, one government secondary school and one government senior secondary school, so children can study in the village up to Class 12. The village also had an anganwadi centre and an ASHA health worker.

No health facility was recorded inside the village in 2011. The village had a sub post office. It also had mobile phone coverage. It had no bank branch or ATM in the 2011 record; the nearest bank was more than ten kilometres away. Domestic electricity supply was recorded at 12 hours a day.

Getting there

Malakpur is reached by pucca, all-weather roads, and the 2011 directory recorded a private bus service in the village itself. The directory recorded Dera Bassi, about 15 kilometres away, as the nearest town, and the nearest railway station was more than ten kilometres away. Dera Bassi, the tehsil headquarters, and Mohali, the district headquarters, are the practical hubs for administration and onward travel. Neighbouring villages include Jaula Khurd, Jastana Khurd, Barana and Jastana Kalan.

What is the population of Malakpur?

The population of Malakpur was 1,718 at the 2011 census, living in 279 households in Dera Bassi tehsil of SAS Nagar district.

What facilities does Malakpur have?

According to the Census 2011 Village Directory, Malakpur has government schools from primary to senior secondary school level, an anganwadi centre and a sub post office. It had no bank branch inside the village in that record.