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About Neknama Sanso Village

Neknama Sanso is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 187 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Neknama Sanso Overview

Census 2011 figures for Neknama Sanso village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Dasua
Pincode 144205
Area (hectares) 232 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 187
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Neknama Sanso compares

By the 2011 count Neknama Sanso is the 261st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 232 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Neknama Sanso

Neknama Sanso is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Neknama Sanso as Available within <5 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 Neknama Sanso from other places

Neknama Sanso lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 14 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 Neknama Sanso
Nearest town Talwāra 11 km
Nearest railway station Unchi Bassi 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dasua 15 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 39 km

Villages closest to Neknama Sanso

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 Neknama Sanso

As per the Census of India 2011, Neknama Sanso village had a population of 377. That makes it the 261st largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Neknama Sanso village has 187 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Neknama Sanso has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Neknama Sanso is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Neknama Sanso covers 232 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Neknama Sanso falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Neknama Sanso is Unchi Bassi, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Neknama Sanso.

Neknama Sanso is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Neknama Sanso is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Talwāra is about 11 km away. Unchi Bassi is about 14 km away. Dasua is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hardo Neknama (under 2 km), Basa (1.5 km) and Salohar (1.6 km).

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

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