About Minian Village

Minian is a large village in Nihal Singhwala tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,335, made up of 2,305 males and 2,030 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1076.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142039, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Minian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Minian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Moga
Tehsil	Nihal Singhwala
Pincode	142039
Area (hectares)	1076.1 hectares
Population	4,335
Male Population	2,305
Female Population	2,030
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Minian compares

By the 2011 count Minian is the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents. Its 1076.1 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Minian

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

Minian lies about 26 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ajitwal, about 18 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 Minian
Tehsil headquarters	Nihal Singhwala	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Ajitwal	18 km
Nearest town	Jagraon	20 km
District headquarters	Moga	26 km

Villages closest to Minian

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihal Singhwala 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 Minian

As per the Census of India 2011, Minian village had a population of 4,335. That makes it the 16th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents.

Minian village has 2,305 males and 2,030 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Minian has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Minian is 142039. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Minian covers 1076.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Minian falls under Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Minian is Ajitwal, about 18 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 Minian.

Minian is about 26 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Minian is in Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district. Nihal Singhwala is about 9.9 km away. Ajitwal is about 18 km away. Jagraon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.