About Punwa Village

Punwa is a mid sized village in Shivaji Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 797, made up of 414 males and 383 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 848117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Shivaji Nagar
Pincode	848117
Area (hectares)	158 hectares
Population	797
Male Population	414
Female Population	383
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
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 Punwa compares

By the 2011 count Punwa is the 49th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Punwa

Punwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punwa 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 Punwa from other places

Punwa lies about 24 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Rambhaddarpur, about 15 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 Punwa
Tehsil headquarters	Shivaji Nagar	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Rambhaddarpur	15 km
Nearest town	Rosera	20 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	24 km

Villages closest to Punwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shivaji Nagar 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 Punwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Punwa village had a population of 797. That makes it the 49th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,933 residents.

Punwa village has 414 males and 383 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punwa has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 917.

The pincode recorded for Punwa is 848117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punwa covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punwa falls under Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punwa is Rambhaddarpur, about 15 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 Punwa.

Punwa is about 24 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punwa is in Shivaji Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Shivaji Nagar is about 4.5 km away. Rambhaddarpur is about 15 km away. Rosera is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.