About Sunj Village

Sunj is a small village in Saluni tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 88 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunj village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Saluni
Pincode	176321
Area (hectares)	133.19 hectares
Population	166
Male Population	88
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sunj compares

By the 2011 count Sunj is the 110th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 133.19 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Sunj

Sunj is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Sunj as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Sunj from other places

Sunj lies about 24 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 57 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 Sunj
Tehsil headquarters	Saluni	24 km
District headquarters	Chamba	24 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	57 km

Villages closest to Sunj

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

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Common questions about Sunj

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunj village had a population of 166. That makes it the 110th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Sunj village has 88 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunj has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Sunj is 176321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunj covers 133.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sunj falls under Saluni tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Sunj is Nurpur Road, about 57 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Sunj is about 24 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunj is in Saluni tehsil of Chamba district. Saluni is about 24 km away. Chamba is about 24 km away. Nurpur Road is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.