Location
Malaut is a new flourishing mandi and the subdivision located on Bathinda-Hindumalkot railway line. It is 32 km from Fazilka and 47 km from Bathinda. According to the 1991 Census its population was 56,858.
About one-fifth of the entire cotton produced in Punjabis raised within a radious of 32 km from Malaut. The old market being too small to accommodate the heavy arrivals, two new markets have been built. During 1992-93, there were 3 Ginning and Processing units working at Malaut in medium and large-scale sector.