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About Suna Village

Suna is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 661, made up of 368 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 819 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Suna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Suna village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146102
Area (hectares) 819 hectares
Population 661
Male Population 368
Female Population 293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 796
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Suna compares

By the 2011 count Suna is the 180th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 819 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Suna

Suna is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Suna as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Suna from other places

Suna lies about 51 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 4.9 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 Suna
Nearest town Nawanshahr 4.2 km
Nearest railway station Nawanshahr Daoba Junction 4.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 9.6 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 51 km

Villages closest to Suna

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.

Common questions about Suna

As per the Census of India 2011, Suna village had a population of 661. That makes it the 180th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Suna village has 368 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Suna has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Suna is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Suna covers 819 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Suna falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Suna is Nawanshahr Daoba Junction, about 4.9 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 village for Suna.

Suna is about 51 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Suna is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Nawanshahr is about 4.2 km away. Nawanshahr Daoba Junction is about 4.9 km away. Garhshankar is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simbli (2.3 km), Najarpur (2.5 km) and Rurki Khas (3.5 km).

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

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