About Miani Village

Miani is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 372 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 314 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144041, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Miani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Miani village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144041
Area (hectares)	314 hectares
Population	692
Male Population	372
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	860
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Miani compares

By the 2011 count Miani is the 87th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 314 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Miani

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

Miani lies about 47 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sindhar, about 8.6 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 Miani
Nearest railway station	Sindhar	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	12 km
Nearest town	Zira	23 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	47 km

Villages closest to Miani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Miani village had a population of 692. That makes it the 87th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Miani village has 372 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Miani has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Miani is 144041. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Miani covers 314 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Miani falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Miani is Sindhar, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Miani.

Miani is about 47 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Miani is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sindhar is about 8.6 km away. Shahkot is about 12 km away. Zira is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.