About Punara Village

Punara is a mid sized village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 832 males and 743 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 182128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punara village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Udhampur
Tehsil	Ramnagar
Pincode	182128
Area (hectares)	421.3 hectares
Population	1,575
Male Population	832
Female Population	743
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	893
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punara compares

By the 2011 count Punara is the 52nd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents. Its 421.3 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Punara

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

Punara lies about 45 km from Udhampur, and the nearest railway station is Budhi, 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 Punara
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	26 km
Nearest town	Doda	40 km
Nearest railway station	Budhi	42 km
District headquarters	Udhampur	45 km

Villages closest to Punara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punara village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,826 residents.

Punara village has 832 males and 743 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punara has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

The pincode recorded for Punara is 182128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punara covers 421.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punara falls under Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Punara is Budhi, 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 Punara.

Punara is about 45 km from Udhampur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punara is in Ramnagar tehsil of Udhampur district. Ramnagar is about 26 km away. Doda is about 40 km away. Budhi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.