About Punaul Village

Punaul is a mid sized village in Tan Kuppa tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 977, made up of 501 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 167 hectares hectares.

Punaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punaul village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Tan Kuppa
Area (hectares)	167 hectares
Population	977
Male Population	501
Female Population	476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	950
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 46th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 167 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

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 25 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 5.7 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
Nearest railway station	Bansinala Halt	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tan Kuppa	8.5 km
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	23 km
District headquarters	Gaya	25 km

Villages closest to Punaul

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tan Kuppa 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 977. That makes it the 46th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Punaul village has 501 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punaul has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Punaul covers 167 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punaul falls under Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punaul is Bansinala Halt, about 5.7 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 25 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punaul is in Tan Kuppa tehsil of Gaya district. Bansinala Halt is about 5.7 km away. Tan Kuppa is about 8.5 km away. Bodh Gaya is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.