About Punjnara Village

Punjnara is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 394 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 441.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punjnara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punjnara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	441.5 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	394
Female Population	327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punjnara compares

By the 2011 count Punjnara is the 31st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 441.5 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Punjnara

Punjnara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punjnara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Punjnara from other places

Punjnara lies about 17 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 42 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 Punjnara
District headquarters	Rajouri	17 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	42 km

Villages closest to Punjnara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punjnara village had a population of 721. That makes it the 31st largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Punjnara village has 394 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punjnara has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Punjnara is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punjnara covers 441.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punjnara falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Punjnara is Dugga, about 42 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 village for Punjnara.

Punjnara is about 17 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punjnara is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 17 km away. Rajaori is about 26 km away. Kalakote is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.