Dhak Malikpur is a village in Phagwara Tehsil in the

Kapurthala district Kapurthala district is a district of Punjab state in northern India. The city of Kapurthala is the district headquarters. Kapurthala District is one of the smallest districts of Punjab in terms of both area and population, with 815,168 people ...

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, India. It is located from

Kapurthala Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India. The aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent build ...

, from Phagwara. The village is administrated by a

Sarpanch A sarpanch ( IAST: ''Sarpañch'' Hindi: ''सरपंच'') or Gram Pradhan or Mukhiya is a decision-maker, elected by the village-level constitutional body of local self-government called the Gram Sabha (village government) in India. The Sarp ...

, who is an

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Demography

According to the report published by

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in 2011, Dhak Malikpur has 110 houses with a total population of 531 persons of which 291 are male and 240 females. The

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rate of Dhak Malikpur is 79.92%, higher than the state average of 75.84%. The population of children in the age group 0–6 years is 43 which is 8.10% of the total population. The child sex ratio is approximately 792, lower than the state average of 846.

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Villages in Kapurthala

Villages in Kapurthala district {{Kapurthala-geo-stub