About Paunri Village

Paunri is a small village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 192 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 638 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paunri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paunri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	638 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	192
Female Population	158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	823
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paunri compares

By the 2011 count Paunri is the 103rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 638 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1002.

Getting to Paunri

Paunri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Paunri as Available within 5 - 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 Paunri from other places

Paunri lies about 35 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 30 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 Paunri
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	15 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	27 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	30 km
District headquarters	Gumla	35 km

Villages closest to Paunri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paunri village had a population of 350. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Paunri village has 192 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paunri has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Paunri is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paunri covers 638 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paunri falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Paunri is Lohardaga, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Paunri.

Paunri is about 35 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paunri is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 15 km away. Lohārdagā is about 27 km away. Lohardaga is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.