About Munshi Village

Munshi is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 66 males and 78 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,182 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munshi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munshi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	251.18 hectares
Population	144
Male Population	66
Female Population	78
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,182
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Munshi compares

By the 2011 count Munshi is the 106th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 251.18 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 948.

Getting to Munshi

Munshi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Munshi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Munshi from other places

Munshi lies about 27 km from Dehradun. 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 Munshi
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	12 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	15 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	27 km

Villages closest to Munshi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Munshi village had a population of 144. That makes it the 106th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Munshi village has 66 males and 78 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munshi has about 1182 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Munshi is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munshi covers 251.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Munshi falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Munshi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 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 Munshi.

Munshi is about 27 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munshi is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 12 km away. Mussoorie is about 15 km away. Dehradun is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.