Jhunir

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Jhunir
town
Jhunir
Location in Punjab, India
Coordinates: 29°48′29″N 75°20′44″E / 29.808°N 75.3455°E / 29.808; 75.3455Coordinates: 29°48′29″N 75°20′44″E / 29.808°N 75.3455°E / 29.808; 75.3455
Country  India
State Punjab
District Mansa
Talukas Sardulgarh
Population (2001)
 • Total 6,289
Languages
 • Official Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
 • Regional Punjabi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 151506[1]
Telephone code 01659-26*****
Vehicle registration PB31
Nearest city Mansa
Sex ratio 1000/883 ♂/♀

Jhunir, sometimes spelled Jhuner, is a town in the Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in East Punjab, India. It is also a block of the district.

Geography

Jhunir is located at 29°48′29″N 75°20′44″E / 29.80806°N 75.34556°E / 29.80806; 75.34556[2] on State Highway 13, in the Mansa district of Indian Punjab. Mansa is the nearest railway station, lying 20 kilometres (12 mi) to its north, Sardulgarh (17 km) to the southwest, the city and district of Bathinda to the northeast and the city and district of Sangrur to the northeast.[2] The block has the total area of 34,488 square kilometres (13,316 sq mi).[3]

Demographics

As of 2001 census, Jhunir has the total population of 6,289 with 1,190 households, 3,340 males and 2,949 females.[4] Thus males constitutes 53% and females 47% of the population with the sex ratio of 883 females per thousand males.

As a development block

As a development block of the district it has many villages under it including, Raipur, Khiali Chehlan Wali, Bire Wala Jattan and Ullak.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Jhunir - PIN code and Post office details". www.pincodes.net.in. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Google maps
  3. ↑ "Mansa District area details". www.mansa.nic.in. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Jhunir census data 2001 (Sr. No. 38)". Government of India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2012. 
Mansa district
Cities and villages in Mansa district
Cities and villages in other districts of East Punjab
  • Amritsar
  • Barnala
  • Bathinda
  • Faridkot
  • Fatehgarh Sahib
  • Firozpur
  • Gurdaspur
  • Hoshiarpur
  • Jalandhar
  • Kapurthala
  • Ludhiana
  • Moga
  • Mohali
  • Nawanshahr
  • Patiala
  • Rupnagar
  • Sangrur
  • Sri Muktsar Sahib
  • Tarn Taran
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