About Punahda Village

Punahda is a large village in Makhdumpur tehsil, in the district of Jehanabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,579, made up of 1,322 males and 1,257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 951 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares.

Punahda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punahda village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jehanabad
Tehsil	Makhdumpur
Area (hectares)	217 hectares
Population	2,579
Male Population	1,322
Female Population	1,257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	951
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punahda compares

By the 2011 count Punahda is the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Punahda

Punahda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punahda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punahda from other places

Punahda lies about 11 km from Jehanabad, and the nearest railway station is Mira Bigha, about 5.8 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 Punahda
Nearest railway station	Mira Bigha	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makhdumpur	8.3 km
District headquarters	Jehanabad	11 km

Villages closest to Punahda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punahda village had a population of 2,579. That makes it the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,074 residents.

Punahda village has 1,322 males and 1,257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punahda has about 951 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Punahda covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punahda falls under Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punahda is Mira Bigha, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punahda.

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

Punahda is in Makhdumpur tehsil of Jehanabad district. Mira Bigha is about 5.8 km away. Makhdumpur is about 8.3 km away. Jehanabad is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.