About Punawan Village

Punawan is one of the larger villages in Wazirganj tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6,334, made up of 3,221 males and 3,113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633 hectares hectares.

Punawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Wazirganj
Area (hectares)	633 hectares
Population	6,334
Male Population	3,221
Female Population	3,113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Punawan compares

By the 2011 count Punawan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents. Its 633 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 952.

Getting to Punawan

Punawan 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 Punawan as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punawan from other places

Punawan lies about 11 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kastha, about 8.7 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 Punawan
Nearest town	Bodh Gaya	6.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kastha	8.7 km
District headquarters	Gaya	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wazirganj	32 km

Villages closest to Punawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punawan village had a population of 6,334. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,607 residents.

Punawan village has 3,221 males and 3,113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punawan has about 966 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 952.

Punawan covers 633 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punawan falls under Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punawan is Kastha, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Punawan.

Punawan is about 11 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punawan is in Wazirganj tehsil of Gaya district. Bodh Gaya is about 6.3 km away. Kastha is about 8.7 km away. Gaya is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.