About Punaul Village

Punaul is a large village in Goh tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,142, made up of 1,146 males and 996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 113 hectares hectares.

Punaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punaul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Goh
Area (hectares)	113 hectares
Population	2,142
Male Population	1,146
Female Population	996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punaul compares

By the 2011 count Punaul is the 27th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents. Its 113 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Punaul

Punaul is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punaul as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Punaul from other places

Punaul lies about 38 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Rafiganj, about 18 km away. 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 Punaul
Tehsil headquarters	Goh	1.7 km
Nearest railway station	Rafiganj	18 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	38 km

Villages closest to Punaul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punaul village had a population of 2,142. That makes it the 27th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,462 residents.

Punaul village has 1,146 males and 996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punaul has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Punaul covers 113 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Punaul falls under Goh tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punaul is Rafiganj, about 18 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 5 - 10 km distance for Punaul.

Punaul is about 38 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punaul is in Goh tehsil of Aurangabad district. Goh is about 1.7 km away. Rafiganj is about 18 km away. Aurangabad is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.