About Punai Village

Punai is a large village in Daru tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,731, made up of 1,451 males and 1,280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Daru
Pincode	825302
Area (hectares)	414 hectares
Population	2,731
Male Population	1,451
Female Population	1,280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	882
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 Punai compares

By the 2011 count Punai is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents. Its 414 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Punai

Punai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punai 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 Punai from other places

Punai lies about 20 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 22 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 Punai
Tehsil headquarters	Daru	7.4 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	20 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	20 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribag Town	22 km

Villages closest to Punai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punai village had a population of 2,731. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents.

Punai village has 1,451 males and 1,280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punai has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Punai is 825302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punai covers 414 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punai falls under Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Punai is Hazaribag Town, about 22 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 Punai.

Punai is about 20 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punai is in Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Daru is about 7.4 km away. Hazaribagh is about 20 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.