About Punachpady Village

Punachpady is a mid sized village in Puttur tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,510, made up of 760 males and 750 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 801.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punachpady Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punachpady village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Puttur
Pincode	574202
Area (hectares)	801.53 hectares
Population	1,510
Male Population	760
Female Population	750
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punachpady compares

By the 2011 count Punachpady is the 61st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents. Its 801.53 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Punachpady

Punachpady is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punachpady as Available within 5 - 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punachpady from other places

Punachpady lies about 15 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Narimogaru, about 3.5 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 Punachpady
Nearest railway station	Narimogaru	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Puttur	12 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	12 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	15 km

Villages closest to Punachpady

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punachpady village had a population of 1,510. That makes it the 61st largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,439 residents.

Punachpady village has 760 males and 750 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punachpady has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Punachpady is 574202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punachpady covers 801.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punachpady falls under Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Punachpady is Narimogaru, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punachpady.

Punachpady is about 15 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punachpady is in Puttur tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Narimogaru is about 3.5 km away. Puttur is about 12 km away. Puttūr is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.