About Punsia Village

Punsia is a mid sized village in Ramgarh tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 634, made up of 314 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 215 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punsia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punsia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Ramgarh
Pincode	814102
Area (hectares)	215 hectares
Population	634
Male Population	314
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punsia compares

By the 2011 count Punsia is the 75th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 215 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Punsia

Punsia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punsia as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Punsia from other places

Punsia lies about 59 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Behrajor, about 2.9 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 Punsia
Nearest railway station	Behrajor	2.9 km
Nearest town	Godda	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramgarh	26 km
District headquarters	Dumka	59 km

Villages closest to Punsia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punsia village had a population of 634. That makes it the 75th largest of the 298 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Punsia village has 314 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punsia has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Punsia is 814102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punsia covers 215 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punsia falls under Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Punsia is Behrajor, about 2.9 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 10+ km distance for Punsia.

Punsia is about 59 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punsia is in Ramgarh tehsil of Dumka district. Behrajor is about 2.9 km away. Godda is about 3.8 km away. Ramgarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.