About Tung Village

Tung is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 363, made up of 177 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tung village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144224
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	363
Male Population	177
Female Population	186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Tung compares

By the 2011 count Tung is the 236th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Tung

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

Tung lies about 78 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jhawar, about 5.9 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 Tung
Nearest town	Gurdaspur	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jhawar	5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	28 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	78 km

Villages closest to Tung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tung village had a population of 363. That makes it the 236th largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Tung village has 177 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tung has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Tung is 144224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tung covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tung falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Tung is Jhawar, about 5.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Tung.

Tung is about 78 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tung is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Gurdaspur is about 5.8 km away. Jhawar is about 5.9 km away. Mukerian is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.