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About Mohankunda Village

Mohankunda is a mid sized village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,656, made up of 856 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 355 hectares hectares.

Mohankunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mohankunda village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Purnia East
Area (hectares) 355 hectares
Population 1,656
Male Population 856
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Mohankunda compares

By the 2011 count Mohankunda is the 36th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 355 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Mohankunda

The census records public bus service for Mohankunda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mohankunda from other places

Mohankunda lies about 8.7 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Purniya Junction, about 4.1 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Mohankunda
Nearest railway station Purniya Junction 4.1 km
Nearest town Kasba 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Purnia East 8.7 km
District headquarters Purnia 8.7 km

Villages closest to Mohankunda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Mohankunda

As per the Census of India 2011, Mohankunda village had a population of 1,656. That makes it the 36th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Mohankunda village has 856 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mohankunda has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 936.

Mohankunda covers 355 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mohankunda falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Mohankunda is Purniya Junction, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Mohankunda.

Mohankunda is about 8.7 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mohankunda is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Purniya Junction is about 4.1 km away. Kasba is about 7.9 km away. Purnia East is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patilwa (2.3 km), Barhari (2.4 km) and Barsauni (2.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Mohankunda today is likely to be higher.

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