About Punaje Village

Punaje is a mid sized village in Hosanagara tehsil, in the district of Shimoga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 598 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1495.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 577418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punaje Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punaje village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Shimoga
Tehsil	Hosanagara
Pincode	577418
Area (hectares)	1495.64 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	598
Female Population	582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	973
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punaje compares

By the 2011 count Punaje is the 15th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 556 residents. Its 1495.64 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Punaje

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

How far is Punaje from other places

Punaje lies about 50 km from Shimoga, and the nearest railway station is Anandapuram, about 17 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 Punaje
Tehsil headquarters	Hosanagara	7.0 km
Nearest railway station	Anandapuram	17 km
Nearest town	Sāgar	24 km
District headquarters	Shimoga	50 km

Villages closest to Punaje

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punaje village had a population of 1,180. That makes it the 15th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 556 residents.

Punaje village has 598 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punaje has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Punaje is 577418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punaje covers 1495.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punaje falls under Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Punaje is Anandapuram, about 17 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punaje.

Punaje is about 50 km from Shimoga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punaje is in Hosanagara tehsil of Shimoga district. Hosanagara is about 7.0 km away. Anandapuram is about 17 km away. Sāgar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.