About Terkiana Village

Terkiana is a large village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,743, made up of 1,875 males and 1,868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 725 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Terkiana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Terkiana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144205
Area (hectares)	725 hectares
Population	3,743
Male Population	1,875
Female Population	1,868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Terkiana compares

By the 2011 count Terkiana is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 725 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Terkiana

Terkiana 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 Terkiana 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 Terkiana from other places

Terkiana lies about 46 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Unchi Bassi, about 3.5 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 Terkiana
Nearest railway station	Unchi Bassi	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	6.3 km
Nearest town	Dasūya	6.3 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	46 km

Villages closest to Terkiana

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.

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Common questions about Terkiana

As per the Census of India 2011, Terkiana village had a population of 3,743. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Terkiana village has 1,875 males and 1,868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Terkiana has about 996 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 Terkiana is 144205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Terkiana covers 725 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Terkiana falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Terkiana is Unchi Bassi, about 3.5 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 Terkiana.

Terkiana is about 46 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Terkiana is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Unchi Bassi is about 3.5 km away. Dasua is about 6.3 km away. Dasūya is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.