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About Punipada Village

Punipada is a mid sized village in Sonua tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 785 males and 790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punipada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punipada village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Sonua
Pincode 833102
Area (hectares) 198 hectares
Population 1,575
Male Population 785
Female Population 790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Punipada compares

By the 2011 count Punipada is the 10th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 780 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Punipada

Punipada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Punipada as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punipada from other places

Punipada lies about 9.7 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Lotapahar, about 2.4 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 Punipada
Nearest railway station Lotapahar 2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonua 9.1 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 9.7 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 12 km

Villages closest to Punipada

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

Common questions about Punipada

As per the Census of India 2011, Punipada village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 10th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 780 residents.

Punipada village has 785 males and 790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punipada has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Punipada is 833102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punipada covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punipada falls under Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Punipada is Lotapahar, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punipada.

Punipada is about 9.7 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punipada is in Sonua tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Lotapahar is about 2.4 km away. Sonua is about 9.1 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kachapur (under 2 km), Raghui (1.6 km) and Baidmara (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Punipada today is likely to be higher.

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