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About Pondi Village

Pondi is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 481 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 181.45 hectares hectares.

Pondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 181.45 hectares
Population 965
Male Population 481
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pondi compares

By the 2011 count Pondi is the 69th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 181.45 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Pondi

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

Pondi lies about 27 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 11 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 Pondi
Nearest railway station Magardharra Ph 11 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 27 km
District headquarters Balaghat 27 km

Villages closest to Pondi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondi village had a population of 965. That makes it the 69th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Pondi village has 481 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondi has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Pondi covers 181.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pondi falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pondi is Magardharra Ph, about 11 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 Pondi.

Pondi is about 27 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondi is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 11 km away. Wārāseonī is about 27 km away. Lalbarra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampuri (1.5 km), Dharawasi (2.2 km) and Bahegaon (2.2 km).

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

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