About Punak Buzurg Village

Punak Buzurg is a large village in Darauli tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,789, made up of 1,371 males and 1,418 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242 hectares hectares.

Punak Buzurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punak Buzurg village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Siwan
Tehsil	Darauli
Area (hectares)	242 hectares
Population	2,789
Male Population	1,371
Female Population	1,418
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punak Buzurg compares

By the 2011 count Punak Buzurg is the 19th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents. Its 242 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Punak Buzurg

Punak Buzurg is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punak Buzurg 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punak Buzurg from other places

Punak Buzurg lies about 19 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Karchhue, about 5.6 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 Punak Buzurg
Nearest town	Mairwa	4.8 km
Nearest railway station	Karchhue	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darauli	13 km
District headquarters	Siwan	19 km

Villages closest to Punak Buzurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Darauli 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 Punak Buzurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Punak Buzurg village had a population of 2,789. That makes it the 19th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,792 residents.

Punak Buzurg village has 1,371 males and 1,418 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punak Buzurg has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Punak Buzurg covers 242 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punak Buzurg falls under Darauli tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Punak Buzurg is Karchhue, about 5.6 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 5 - 10 km distance for Punak Buzurg.

Punak Buzurg is about 19 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punak Buzurg is in Darauli tehsil of Siwan district. Mairwa is about 4.8 km away. Karchhue is about 5.6 km away. Darauli is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.