# Mahunwal Village, Nakodar, Jalandhar (Punjab) – PIN Code

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Village · Nakodar, Jalandhar 

# Mahunwal

Mahunwal is a village in Nakodar sub-district of Jalandhar district, Punjab, PIN code **144043**. The 2011 Census counted **1,564 people in 315 households**, the 38th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.8%.

- 1,564people (2011)
- 315households
- 76.3%literacy
- 144043PIN code

## Mahunwal PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Mahunwal is 144043.** Mahunwal falls in Nakodar sub-district, Jalandhar district, Punjab.

- PIN code144043
- Gram panchayatMahunwal
- Community development blockNakodar
- Census village code029956

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Mahunwal from nearby towns?

- Nakodar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Jalandhar (district HQ)30 km by road
- Nakodar (nearest town)2 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Mahunwal?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Mahunwal; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Nakodar
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Nakodar
- ○ITI / vocational schoolunder 5 km · Jalandhar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, untreated tap water, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)16 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Mahunwal known for?

The main crops are **sugarcane, mustard and wheat**. Products made here include oil. About 86% of the 295 hectares of village land is sown, and 253 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Mahunwal

Of every 100 households in Mahunwal in 2011, 96 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 41 a two-wheeler and 12 a car.

■ Mahunwal · ■ Nakodar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**97%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**21%

Tap water ****1%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**83%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**45%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**49%

Use banking services ****58%**

**72%

Television ****83%**

**86%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**78%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**3%

Two-wheeler ****41%**

**51%

Car / jeep / van ****12%**

**12%

None of these assets ****7%**

**4%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mahunwal?

■ Mahunwal · ■ Nakodar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.3%**

**75.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**906

Working population ****30.9%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 70.5% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 19 (4%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 354 (73%) · **■** Marginal 38 (8%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Nakodar

- Rahimpur1,690 people
- Bir Pind1,615 people
- Khanpur Dhadda1,612 people
- Sharakpur1,587 people
- Tut1,549 people
- Thabalke1,539 people
- Mandiala1,538 people
- Bajuha Kalan1,480 people

[All 147 villages in Nakodar](https://wherepedia.org/india/punjab/jalandhar/nakodar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Mahunwal?144043
- How far is Mahunwal from Jalandhar?30 km by road
- What is the population of Mahunwal?1,564 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahunwal in?Jalandhar district (Nakodar sub-district), Punjab
- What is the literacy rate of Mahunwal?76.3% (Census 2011)
