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About Munar Village

Munar is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 61 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,180 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munar village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Kapkot
Pincode 263632
Area (hectares) 110.09 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 61
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,180
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Munar compares

By the 2011 count Munar is the 109th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 110.09 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Munar

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

Munar lies about 30 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 96 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 Munar
Tehsil headquarters Kapkot 13 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 30 km
Nearest town Pithorāgarh 57 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 96 km

Villages closest to Munar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Munar village had a population of 133. That makes it the 109th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Munar village has 61 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munar has about 1180 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Munar is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munar covers 110.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Munar falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Munar is Kathgodam, about 96 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 Munar.

Munar is about 30 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munar is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 13 km away. Bageshwar is about 30 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rikhari (under 2 km), Pethi (1.6 km) and Jatarkot (1.8 km).

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

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