About Sunar Kalan Village

Sunar Kalan is a mid sized village in Phillaur tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,358, made up of 705 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144034, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sunar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sunar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Phillaur
Pincode	144034
Area (hectares)	117 hectares
Population	1,358
Male Population	705
Female Population	653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	926
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 Sunar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Sunar Kalan is the 76th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Sunar Kalan

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

Sunar Kalan lies about 24 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Nurmahal, about 5.1 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 Sunar Kalan
Nearest town	Jandiāla	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nurmahal	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phillaur	19 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	24 km

Villages closest to Sunar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Phillaur 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 Sunar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Sunar Kalan village had a population of 1,358. That makes it the 76th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,393 residents.

Sunar Kalan village has 705 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sunar Kalan has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Sunar Kalan is 144034. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sunar Kalan covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Sunar Kalan falls under Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Sunar Kalan is Nurmahal, about 5.1 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 village for Sunar Kalan.

Sunar Kalan is about 24 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sunar Kalan is in Phillaur tehsil of Jalandhar district. Jandiāla is about 4.6 km away. Nurmahal is about 5.1 km away. Phillaur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.