About Moona Bal Village

Moona Bal is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 386 males and 318 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 824 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.4 hectares hectares.

Moona Bal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Moona Bal village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	68.4 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	386
Female Population	318
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	824
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Moona Bal compares

By the 2011 count Moona Bal is the 133rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 68.4 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Moona Bal

Moona Bal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Moona Bal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Moona Bal from other places

Moona Bal lies about 44 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 31 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 Moona Bal
Nearest town	Bāramūla	26 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	32 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	44 km

Villages closest to Moona Bal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Handwara 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 Moona Bal

As per the Census of India 2011, Moona Bal village had a population of 704. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Moona Bal village has 386 males and 318 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Moona Bal has about 824 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Moona Bal covers 68.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Moona Bal falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Moona Bal is Baramula, about 31 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Moona Bal.

Moona Bal is about 44 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Moona Bal is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Bāramūla is about 26 km away. Baramula is about 31 km away. Handwara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.