About Mukandpur Village

Mukandpur is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 135 males and 138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mukandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mukandpur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144527
Area (hectares)	109 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	135
Female Population	138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Mukandpur compares

By the 2011 count Mukandpur is the 254th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Mukandpur

Mukandpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Mukandpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Mukandpur from other places

Mukandpur lies about 47 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 6.1 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 Mukandpur
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	5.4 km
Nearest railway station	Alachor	6.1 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	9.8 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	47 km

Villages closest to Mukandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mukandpur village had a population of 273. That makes it the 254th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Mukandpur village has 135 males and 138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mukandpur has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Mukandpur is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mukandpur covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Mukandpur falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Mukandpur is Alachor, about 6.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Mukandpur is about 47 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mukandpur is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 5.4 km away. Alachor is about 6.1 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.