About Punnala Village

Punnala is one of the larger villages in Pathanapuram tehsil, in the district of Kollam, Kerala. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,104, made up of 5,802 males and 6,302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6093 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 689696, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnala village
Description	Value
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Tehsil	Pathanapuram
Pincode	689696
Area (hectares)	6093 hectares
Population	12,104
Male Population	5,802
Female Population	6,302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punnala compares

By the 2011 count Punnala is the 16th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 17,555 residents. Its 6093 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1120.

Getting to Punnala

Punnala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punnala as Available within village. 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 Punnala from other places

Punnala lies about 22 km from Kollam, and the nearest railway station is Karunagapalli railway station, about 1.8 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 Punnala
Nearest railway station	Karunagapalli railway station	1.8 km
Nearest town	Ādanāttutekkumuri Kizhakku	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathanapuram	22 km
District headquarters	Kollam	22 km

Villages closest to Punnala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnala village had a population of 12,104. That makes it the 16th largest of the 22 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 17,555 residents.

Punnala village has 5,802 males and 6,302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnala has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1120.

The pincode recorded for Punnala is 689696. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnala covers 6093 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punnala falls under Pathanapuram tehsil of Kollam district in Kerala.

The nearest railway station to Punnala is Karunagapalli railway station, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Punnala.

Punnala is about 22 km from Kollam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnala is in Pathanapuram tehsil of Kollam district. Karunagapalli railway station is about 1.8 km away. Ādanāttutekkumuri Kizhakku is about 2.0 km away. Pathanapuram is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.