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About Munak Village

Munak is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 63 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 794 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munak village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144207
Area (hectares) 43 hectares
Population 113
Male Population 63
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 794
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Munak compares

By the 2011 count Munak is the 341st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Munak

Munak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Munak 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 Munak from other places

Munak lies about 31 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Dasuya, about 12 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 Munak
Nearest railway station Dasuya 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 12 km
Nearest town Dasūya 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 31 km

Villages closest to Munak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Munak village had a population of 113. That makes it the 341st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Munak village has 63 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munak has about 794 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Munak is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munak covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Munak falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Munak is Dasuya, about 12 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 Munak.

Munak is about 31 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munak is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Dasuya is about 12 km away. Dasua is about 12 km away. Dasūya is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chahang Basoya (under 2 km), Granthpur (under 2 km) and Gujar Basoya (under 2 km).

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

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