About Puni Village

Puni is a mid sized village in Waraseoni tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 920, made up of 449 males and 471 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.18 hectares hectares.

Puni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puni village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Waraseoni
Area (hectares)	280.18 hectares
Population	920
Male Population	449
Female Population	471
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puni compares

By the 2011 count Puni is the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents. Its 280.18 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Puni

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

How far is Puni from other places

Puni lies about 14 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, about 4.1 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 Puni
Nearest railway station	Khara	4.1 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	14 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Waraseoni	16 km

Villages closest to Puni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puni village had a population of 920. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,986 residents.

Puni village has 449 males and 471 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puni has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1019.

Puni covers 280.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puni falls under Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puni is Khara, about 4.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Puni.

Puni is about 14 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puni is in Waraseoni tehsil of Balaghat district. Khara is about 4.1 km away. Balaghat is about 14 km away. Bālāghāt is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.