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About Narur Village

Narur is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 705, made up of 355 males and 350 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1149 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Narur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Narur village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144224
Area (hectares) 1149 hectares
Population 705
Male Population 355
Female Population 350
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Narur compares

By the 2011 count Narur is the 147th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 1149 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Narur

Narur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Narur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Narur from other places

Narur lies about 30 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 10 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 Narur
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 10 km
Nearest town Talwāra 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 20 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 30 km

Villages closest to Narur

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 Narur

As per the Census of India 2011, Narur village had a population of 705. That makes it the 147th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Narur village has 355 males and 350 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Narur has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Narur is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Narur covers 1149 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Narur falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Narur is Kartoli Punjab, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Narur is about 30 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Narur is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Kartoli Punjab is about 10 km away. Talwāra is about 16 km away. Dasua is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khangwari (under 2 km), Thana (2.9 km) and Katohar (3.5 km).

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

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