About Punha Village

Punha is a large village in Rahui tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,839, made up of 1,468 males and 1,371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386 hectares hectares.

Punha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punha village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Rahui
Area (hectares)	386 hectares
Population	2,839
Male Population	1,468
Female Population	1,371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
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 Punha compares

By the 2011 count Punha is the 18th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,391 residents. Its 386 hectares work out to about 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Punha

Punha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punha 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 Punha from other places

Punha lies about 20 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Rahui Road, about 7.6 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 Punha
Tehsil headquarters	Rahui	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Rahui Road	7.6 km
Nearest town	Bihār Sharīf	11 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	20 km

Villages closest to Punha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punha village had a population of 2,839. That makes it the 18th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,391 residents.

Punha village has 1,468 males and 1,371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punha has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Punha covers 386 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punha falls under Rahui tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punha is Rahui Road, about 7.6 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 Punha.

Punha is about 20 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punha is in Rahui tehsil of Nalanda district. Rahui is about 5.3 km away. Rahui Road is about 7.6 km away. Bihār Sharīf is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.