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About Munak Khurd Village

Munak Khurd is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,427, made up of 739 males and 688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munak Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munak Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144204
Area (hectares) 243 hectares
Population 1,427
Male Population 739
Female Population 688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 931
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Munak Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Munak Khurd is the 55th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 243 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Munak Khurd

Munak Khurd 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 Munak Khurd as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Munak Khurd from other places

Munak Khurd lies about 32 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 3.8 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 Khurd
Nearest town Urmar 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Tanda Urmar 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 12 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 32 km

Villages closest to Munak Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Munak Khurd village had a population of 1,427. That makes it the 55th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Munak Khurd village has 739 males and 688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munak Khurd has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Munak Khurd is 144204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munak Khurd covers 243 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Munak Khurd falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Munak Khurd is Tanda Urmar, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Munak Khurd.

Munak Khurd is about 32 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munak Khurd is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 2.9 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 3.8 km away. Dasua 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 Munak Kalan (under 2 km), Lodhi Chak (1.7 km) and Korala Kalan (2.1 km).

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

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