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About Punj Village

Punj is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 177, made up of 87 males and 90 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punj Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punj village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 146102
Area (hectares) 53.42 hectares
Population 177
Male Population 87
Female Population 90
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punj compares

By the 2011 count Punj is the 266th 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 53.42 hectares work out to about 3.3 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 Punj

Punj is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Punj as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Punj from other places

Punj lies about 17 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, 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 Punj
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 14 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 17 km
Nearest town Hoshiārpur 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 26 km

Villages closest to Punj

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 Punj

As per the Census of India 2011, Punj village had a population of 177. That makes it the 266th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Punj village has 87 males and 90 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punj has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

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

Punj covers 53.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punj falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Punj is Mahngarwal Doaba, 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Punj.

Punj is about 17 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punj is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 14 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 17 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nauneetpur (under 2 km), Parsota (1.5 km) and Subhanpur (1.6 km).

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

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