About Punakh Village

Punakh is a mid sized village in Goradih tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,730, made up of 944 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares.

Punakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punakh village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Goradih
Area (hectares)	72 hectares
Population	1,730
Male Population	944
Female Population	786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	833
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punakh compares

By the 2011 count Punakh is the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 24 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 888.

Getting to Punakh

Punakh is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punakh as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Punakh from other places

Punakh lies about 16 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Tikani, about 9.5 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 Punakh
Tehsil headquarters	Goradih	2.8 km
Nearest railway station	Tikani	9.5 km
Nearest town	Purāini	10 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	16 km

Villages closest to Punakh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punakh village had a population of 1,730. That makes it the 25th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,805 residents.

Punakh village has 944 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punakh has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 888.

Punakh covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 24 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Punakh falls under Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punakh is Tikani, about 9.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Punakh.

Punakh is about 16 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punakh is in Goradih tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Goradih is about 2.8 km away. Tikani is about 9.5 km away. Purāini is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.