About Kunu Village

Kunu is a mid sized village in Billawar tehsil, in the district of Kathua, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 371 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 184205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kathua
Tehsil	Billawar
Pincode	184205
Area (hectares)	377 hectares
Population	718
Male Population	371
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunu compares

By the 2011 count Kunu is the 62nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents. Its 377 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Kunu

Kunu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kunu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kunu from other places

Kunu lies about 7.5 km from Billawar, and the nearest railway station is Kathua, about 29 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 Kunu
Tehsil headquarters	Billawar	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kathua	29 km

Villages closest to Kunu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunu village had a population of 718. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,245 residents.

Kunu village has 371 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunu has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

The pincode recorded for Kunu is 184205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunu covers 377 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kunu falls under Billawar tehsil of Kathua district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Kunu is Kathua, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kunu.

Kunu is about 7.5 km from Billawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunu is in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district. Billawar is about 7.5 km away. Kathua is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.