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About Punia Village

Punia is a mid sized village in Sipajhar tehsil, in the district of Darrang, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 866, made up of 462 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.23 hectares hectares.

Punia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punia village
Description Value
State Assam
District Darrang
Tehsil Sipajhar
Area (hectares) 249.23 hectares
Population 866
Male Population 462
Female Population 404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Punia compares

By the 2011 count Punia is the 50th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents. Its 249.23 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Punia

Punia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Punia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. The nearest villages by name are Pachim Kuruah, Pakabangipara, Patgirichuba and Phuhuratali. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Punia

As per the Census of India 2011, Punia village had a population of 866. That makes it the 50th largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,342 residents.

Punia village has 462 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punia has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Punia covers 249.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punia falls under Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district in Assam.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punia.

Punia is in Sipajhar tehsil of Darrang district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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