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About Punisir Village

Punisir is a small village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 97 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,155 females per 1000 males. The village covers 205 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punisir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punisir village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kuchai
Pincode 833216
Area (hectares) 205 hectares
Population 209
Male Population 97
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,155
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 Punisir compares

By the 2011 count Punisir is the 84th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 205 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Punisir

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

Punisir lies about 35 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, 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 Punisir
Tehsil headquarters Kuchai 15 km
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 22 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 35 km

Villages closest to Punisir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punisir village had a population of 209. That makes it the 84th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Punisir village has 97 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punisir has about 1155 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Punisir is 833216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punisir covers 205 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punisir falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Punisir is Chakradharpur, 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 Punisir.

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

Punisir is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kuchai is about 15 km away. Chakradharpur is about 22 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gelua (under 2 km), Taramba (under 2 km) and Basgutu (2.8 km).

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

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