# Malkana Village, Pathankot, Gurdaspur (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Pathankot, Gurdaspur 

# Malkana

Malkana is a village in Pathankot sub-district of Gurdaspur district, Punjab, PIN code **145025**. The 2011 Census counted **313 people in 72 households**, the 268th largest of 336 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.7%.

- 313people (2011)
- 72households
- 76.5%literacy
- 145025PIN code

## Malkana PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Malkana is 145025.** Malkana falls in Pathankot sub-district, Gurdaspur district, Punjab.

- PIN code145025
- Gram panchayatMalkana
- Community development blockPathankot
- Census village code027637

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Malkana from nearby towns?

- Pathankot (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Gurdaspur (district HQ)20 km by road
- Dina Nagar (nearest town)15 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Malkana?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Malkana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Begowal
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Dinanagar
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Dinanagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)12 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Malkana known for?

The main crops are **wheat**. About 86% of the 74 hectares of village land is sown, and 64 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Malkana

Of every 100 households in Malkana in 2011, 97 had electricity, 32 a toilet at home and 59 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 39 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malkana · ■ Pathankot rural average

Electricity for lighting ****97%**

**95%

Toilet within the home ****32%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**68%

Tap water ****1%**

**36%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**81%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****59%**

**53%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****25%**

**44%

Use banking services ****55%**

**67%

Television ****83%**

**80%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****39%**

**37%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**4%

None of these assets ****4%**

**6%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Malkana?

■ Malkana · ■ Pathankot rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.5%**

**81.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**913

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**828

Working population ****32.9%**

**29.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 73.9% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (2%) · **■** Other work 35 (34%) · **■** Marginal 22 (21%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pathankot

- Alyal333 people
- Raji331 people
- Gande Pindi328 people
- Naushehra322 people
- Phaloura313 people
- Maira Kalan312 people
- Jindri299 people
- Sakol298 people

[All 370 villages in Pathankot](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/gurdaspur/pathankot/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Malkana?145025
- How far is Malkana from Gurdaspur?20 km by road
- What is the population of Malkana?313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malkana in?Gurdaspur district (Pathankot sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Malkana?76.5% (Census 2011)