Jhunir

Jhunir
Jhunir
	town
	Jhunir Location in Punjab, India Jhunir Jhunir (India)
	Coordinates: 29°48′29″N75°20′44″E / 29.808°N 75.3455°E Coordinates: 29°48′29″N75°20′44″E / 29.808°N 75.3455°E
Country	India
State	Punjab
District	Mansa
Founded by	Baba Nanak
Talukas	Sardulgarh
Population (2001)
• Total	6,289
Languages
• Official	Punjabi (Gurmukhi)
• Regional	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	151506 [1]
Telephone code	01659-26*****
Vehicle registration	PB51
Nearest city	Mansa
Sex ratio	1000/883 ♂/♀

Last updated March 19, 2020

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

Geography

Jhunir is located at 29°48′29″N75°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

At the 2001 census, Jhunir had a total population of 6,289 with 1,190 households, 3,340 males and 2,949 females.^[4] Thus males constituted 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, Burj Bhalaike , Bire Wala Jattan and Ullak.

Related Research Articles

Mansa district falls under the Indian state of Punjab. The headquarters is Mansa city. Mansa district was formed on 13 April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda. The district has three tehsils, Budhlada, Mansa and five development blocks, Bhikhi, Budhlada, Mansa, Jhunir and Sardulgarh with three sub-tehsils.

Raipur, located in the Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India, is an old and noted village of the area as the famous Babbar martyr Bhai Gurmel Singh of the village got martyrdom during an operation in Maujia on 8 September 1991

Lakhmir Wala is a village in the Mansa district of Indian Punjab.

Akkan Wali is a village in the Mansa district of Indian Punjab. Lakhmir Wala, Kot Dhamu and Chachohar are the nearby villages.

Baje Wala is a village in the Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. Chhapian Wali, Raman Nandi, Bire Wala Jattan and Raipur are the surrounding villages.

Ullak is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district of Punjab, India.

Chachohar is a village in Mansa district of East Punjab. In 2009, the village was honored for increasing the number of girls in schools. The village was on the list for more than 90% of voting in the February 2012 election.

Khiali Chehlan Wali is a village in Mansa district of East Punjab. It is predominated by the Jatt people of Chahal clan.

Chhapian Wali is a village in Mansa district of Punjab, India. It was on the list for more than 90 per cent of voting in the February 2012 elections.

Peron is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. The village falls under the market committee of Talwandi Sabo.

Bana Wala is a small village in Mansa district of Punjab, India. It has become a noted village of Punjab as a new Talwandi Sabo Power Plant, with the capacity of 2640 megawatt, is under construction here.

Behniwal is a village in Mansa district of Punjab (India). It falls under the market committee of Mansa District Mansa

Tandian is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India.

Jherian Wali is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India.

Mian, also known as Karan Singh Wala Mian is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India.

Bire Wala Jattan is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. It falls under the development block of Jhunir and the district main city of Mansa is just 21 km away.

Chehlan Wala is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. The village was on the list for more than 90% of voting in the February 2012 elections.

Makha is a village in Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India.

Burj Bhalaike, sometimes spelled Buraj Bhalaike, is a village in the Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India.

Chotian is a village in the Sardulgarh tehsil of Mansa district in Punjab, India. Jhunir is the surrounding village.

References

↑ "Jhunir - PIN code and Post office details". www.pincodes.net.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
1 2 Google maps
↑ "Mansa District area details". www.mansa.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
↑ "Jhunir census data 2001 (Sr. No. 38)". Government of India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

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[tari-1] "Jhunir - PIN code and Post office details". www.pincodes.net.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[gm-2] 1 2 Google maps

[3] "Mansa District area details". www.mansa.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

[4] "Jhunir census data 2001 (Sr. No. 38)". Government of India. www.censusindia.gov.in. 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2012.

v t e Mansa district
Cities and villages in Mansa district	Akkan Wali Baje Wala Bana Wala Bareta Behniwal Bhikhi Bire Wala Jattan Budhlada Chachohar Chehlan Wala Chhapian Wali Chotian Jherian Wali Jhunir Karandi Khiali Chehlan Wali Lakhmir Wala Makha Mansa Maujia Nangla Peron Raipur Ralla Sardulgarh Talwandi Aklia Tandian Ullak
Other districts	Ajitgarh Amritsar Barnala Bathinda Faridkot Fatehgarh Sahib Firozpur Gurudaspur Hoshiarpur Jalandhar Kapurthala Ludhiana Moga Sri Muktsar Sahib Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar Patiala Rupnagar Sangrur Tarn Taran