About Punat Village

Punat is a large village in Umbergaon tehsil, in the district of Valsad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,621, made up of 1,312 males and 1,309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 396155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punat village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Valsad
Tehsil	Umbergaon
Pincode	396155
Area (hectares)	578.52 hectares
Population	2,621
Male Population	1,312
Female Population	1,309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punat compares

By the 2011 count Punat is the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,176 residents. Its 578.52 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Punat

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

Punat lies about 32 km from Valsad, and the nearest railway station is Hansapore, about 6.8 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 Punat
Nearest town	Abrama	5.5 km
Nearest railway station	Hansapore	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Umbergaon	32 km
District headquarters	Valsad	32 km

Villages closest to Punat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punat village had a population of 2,621. That makes it the 24th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,176 residents.

Punat village has 1,312 males and 1,309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punat has about 998 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Punat is 396155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punat covers 578.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punat falls under Umbergaon tehsil of Valsad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Punat is Hansapore, about 6.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Punat.

Punat is about 32 km from Valsad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punat is in Umbergaon tehsil of Valsad district. Abrama is about 5.5 km away. Hansapore is about 6.8 km away. Umbergaon is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.