About Ponra Village

Ponra is a mid sized village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,739, made up of 877 males and 862 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 377.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 829121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Kasmar
Pincode	829121
Area (hectares)	377.87 hectares
Population	1,739
Male Population	877
Female Population	862
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ponra compares

By the 2011 count Ponra is the 21st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 377.87 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 964.

Getting to Ponra

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

How far is Ponra from other places

Ponra lies about 23 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Jarangdih, about 14 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 Ponra
Tehsil headquarters	Kasmar	3.8 km
Nearest town	Jāridih	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jarangdih	14 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	23 km

Villages closest to Ponra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponra village had a population of 1,739. That makes it the 21st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Ponra village has 877 males and 862 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponra has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Ponra is 829121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponra covers 377.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ponra falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ponra is Jarangdih, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ponra.

Ponra is about 23 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponra is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 3.8 km away. Jāridih is about 14 km away. Jarangdih is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.