About Punakota Village

Punakota is a mid sized village in Dhanpur tehsil, in the district of Dohad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,130, made up of 578 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 955 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 389382, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punakota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punakota village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Dohad
Tehsil	Dhanpur
Pincode	389382
Area (hectares)	306.68 hectares
Population	1,130
Male Population	578
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	955
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punakota compares

By the 2011 count Punakota is the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents. Its 306.68 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Punakota

Punakota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punakota as Available within village. 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 Punakota from other places

Punakota lies about 24 km from Dohad, and the nearest railway station is Dahod, about 24 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 Punakota
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanpur	8.2 km
District headquarters	Dohad	24 km
Nearest railway station	Dahod	24 km

Villages closest to Punakota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punakota village had a population of 1,130. That makes it the 59th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,004 residents.

Punakota village has 578 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punakota has about 955 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Punakota is 389382. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punakota covers 306.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punakota falls under Dhanpur tehsil of Dohad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Punakota is Dahod, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Punakota.

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

Punakota is in Dhanpur tehsil of Dohad district. Dhanpur is about 8.2 km away. Dohad is about 24 km away. Dahod is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.