About Pungsia Village

Pungsia is a small village in Hat Gamharia tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 97, made up of 58 males and 39 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 672 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pungsia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pungsia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Hat Gamharia
Pincode	833214
Area (hectares)	245 hectares
Population	97
Male Population	58
Female Population	39
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	672
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 Pungsia compares

By the 2011 count Pungsia is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents. Its 245 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1007.

Getting to Pungsia

Pungsia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pungsia 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 Pungsia from other places

Pungsia lies about 30 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Kendposi, about 4.0 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 Pungsia
Nearest railway station	Kendposi	4.0 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Hat Gamharia	30 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	30 km

Villages closest to Pungsia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hat Gamharia 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 Pungsia

As per the Census of India 2011, Pungsia village had a population of 97. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,252 residents.

Pungsia village has 58 males and 39 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pungsia has about 672 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Pungsia is 833214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pungsia covers 245 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pungsia falls under Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Pungsia is Kendposi, about 4.0 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 Pungsia.

Pungsia is about 30 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pungsia is in Hat Gamharia tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Kendposi is about 4.0 km away. Chāībāsa is about 29 km away. Hat Gamharia is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.