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About Morinda Village

Morinda is a mid sized village in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil, in the district of Rupnagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 947, made up of 468 males and 479 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Morinda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Morinda village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Rupnagar
Tehsil Chamkaur Sahib
Pincode 140101
Area (hectares) 8 hectares
Population 947
Male Population 468
Female Population 479
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Morinda compares

By the 2011 count Morinda is the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 752 residents. Its 8 hectares work out to about 118 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Morinda

Morinda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Morinda 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Morinda from other places

Morinda lies about 20 km from Rupnagar, and the nearest railway station is Morinda Junction, 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 Morinda
Nearest town Morinda under 2 km
Nearest railway station Morinda Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chamkaur Sahib 14 km
District headquarters Rupnagar 20 km

Villages closest to Morinda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chamkaur Sahib 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 Morinda

As per the Census of India 2011, Morinda village had a population of 947. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 752 residents.

Morinda village has 468 males and 479 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Morinda has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 892.

The pincode recorded for Morinda is 140101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Morinda covers 8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 118 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Morinda falls under Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Morinda is Morinda Junction, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Morinda.

Morinda is about 20 km from Rupnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Morinda is in Chamkaur Sahib tehsil of Rupnagar district. Morinda is about under 2 km away. Morinda Junction is about under 2 km away. Chamkaur Sahib is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dholan Majra (under 2 km), Rangian (1.7 km) and Kanjla (1.8 km).

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

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