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{{unreferenced|date=July 2011}}
{{use dmy dates|date=February 2018}}
{{use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement

| name = Malakpur
| native_name = Malakpur Bet
| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map = India
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| coordinates = {{coord|30|55|43|N|75|44|20|E|region:IN-PB_type:city|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ludhiana District|Ludhiana]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Villages in Ludhiana West Tehsil|Ludhiana West]]
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2200
| population_as_of = 2013
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +05:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|Pincode]]
| postal_code = 142027
| blank_name_sec1 = Distance From Ludhiana
| blank_info_sec1 = 10 km
| blank1_name_sec1 = Distance From Chandigarh
| blank1_info_sec1 = 110 km
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'''Malakpur''' is a village in [[Ludhiana]]-2 Block in [[Ludhiana District]] in [[Punjab, India]]. The population was estimated as 2,200 in 2011. It has an area of about 480 hectares.

It is situated on the Ludhiana to Hambran Road to the west of Ludhiana, 3 km from the [[Sutlej River]]. It is very near to [[Punjab Agricultural University]] and to South City Ludhiana. Malakpur is 10.30 km far from its Main Town, [[Ludhiana]], and 110 km from the State Main City [[Chandigarh]].
The nearest railway station is at Lludhiana, 8 km away.

The [[tehsil]] of Malakpur Is Ludhiana (West); the tehsil number is 147. Malakpur's pincode is 142027.

==Etymology==
Malakpur (ਮਲਕਪੁਰ) is derived from ''[[Mal'akh|malak]]'' ([[angel]]) and is related to the name of a person. The term ''[[Pur (Vedic)|pur]]'' occurs approximately 30 times in the [[Rig Veda]]; it is often translated as city, [[castle]] or fortress.

==History==
Malakpur is a very old village. Before the partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, most of the population were Muslims. After 1947, the Muslims moved to Pakistan and Sikhs came to the village. Most of the Sikhs in Malakpur have the surnames Grewal, Gill, Sekhon, Kairrey and Kaler. Most of Sekhons had came from layallpur (Pakistan) and are natives of Dakha village of ludhiana. Most of the Grewals were natives of Himmayun Pura village in Ludhiana District. The main source of income of village people is [[agriculture]].

== Pin code ==
Malakpur PIN code ([[Postal Index Number]]) is 142027 and it post office name is Ayali KalanN. Other villages using this PIN are Ayali Khurd, Malakpur, Ayali Kalan, Birmi and Jainpur.

== Nearby villages ==
Nearby villages are Birmi (1.67 km), Ayali Khurd (3.40 km), Nurpur Bet (3.44 km), Partap Singhwala (3.8 km), Bains (5.30 km), Ayali Kalan (5.77 km), Jhamat (3.44 km), Hambran (6.55 km) and Jainpur (632.31 m)

==See also==
* [[Ludhiana]]
* [[Punjab, India]]
* [[India]]

==External links==
* [http://ludhiana.nic.in/ ludhiana]
* [http://www.myludhiana.com myludhiana]
* [http://www.ludhianaonline.com/ ludhianaonline]
* [http://wikimapia.org/9823228/Malakpur-Bet-Ludhiana Map Of Malakpur Bet]

{{Ludhiana district}} [[Category:Villages in Ludhiana district]]

Malakpur Bet - Revision history

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