About Turna Village

Turna is a mid sized village in Shahkot tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 860, made up of 426 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144629, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turna village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Shahkot
Pincode	144629
Area (hectares)	211.6 hectares
Population	860
Male Population	426
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Turna compares

By the 2011 count Turna is the 63rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 806 residents. Its 211.6 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Turna

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

Turna lies about 37 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Sindhar, about 4.1 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 Turna
Nearest railway station	Sindhar	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkot	10 km
Nearest town	Nakodar	21 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	37 km

Villages closest to Turna

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 Turna

As per the Census of India 2011, Turna village had a population of 860. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 806 residents.

Turna village has 426 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turna has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Turna is 144629. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turna covers 211.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turna falls under Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Turna is Sindhar, about 4.1 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 Turna.

Turna is about 37 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turna is in Shahkot tehsil of Jalandhar district. Sindhar is about 4.1 km away. Shahkot is about 10 km away. Nakodar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.