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About Muchrowal Village

Muchrowal is a small village in Jalandhar II tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 195 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 131.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muchrowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muchrowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Jalandhar
Tehsil Jalandhar II
Pincode 144201
Area (hectares) 131.6 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 195
Female Population 180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Muchrowal compares

By the 2011 count Muchrowal is the 182nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 999 residents. Its 131.6 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Muchrowal

The census records public bus service for Muchrowal as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Muchrowal from other places

Muchrowal lies about 22 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Machrowal, about under 2 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 Muchrowal
Nearest railway station Machrowal under 2 km
Nearest town Adampur 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalandhar II 22 km
District headquarters Jalandhar 22 km

Villages closest to Muchrowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jalandhar II 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 Muchrowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Muchrowal village had a population of 375. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 999 residents.

Muchrowal village has 195 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muchrowal has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Muchrowal is 144201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Muchrowal covers 131.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Muchrowal falls under Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Muchrowal is Machrowal, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Muchrowal.

Muchrowal is about 22 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Muchrowal is in Jalandhar II tehsil of Jalandhar district. Machrowal is about under 2 km away. Adampur is about 12 km away. Jalandhar II is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pachranga (under 2 km), Sada Chak (under 2 km) and Shakarpur (1.6 km).

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

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