Malaj Khand
Town
Malaj Khand Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Malaj Khand Malaj Khand (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22°1′41″N 80°42′48″E / 22.02806°N 80.71333°E / 22.02806; 80.71333
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Population  (2001)
• Total	32,326
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	481116
ISO 3166 code	IN-MP
Vehicle registration	MP

Malaj Khand is a town and a municipality in Balaghat district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This town has the biggest open copper mines in Asia and most of its population are the employed by the copper mines owned by the Central Government(Ministry of mines).

Demographics

As of 2001^[update] India census,^[1] Malaj Khand had a population of 32,326. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Malaj Khand has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 71%, and female literacy is 54%. In Malaj Khand, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age. Pincode of Malaj Khand is 481116.^[2]