About Punji Village

Punji is a mid sized village in Ghoda Dongri tehsil, in the district of Betul, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,064, made up of 555 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 695.63 hectares hectares.

Punji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punji village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Betul
Tehsil	Ghoda Dongri
Area (hectares)	695.63 hectares
Population	1,064
Male Population	555
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punji compares

By the 2011 count Punji is the 43rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 897 residents. Its 695.63 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Punji

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

Punji lies about 39 km from Betul, and the nearest railway station is Ghoradongri, about 12 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 Punji
Nearest railway station	Ghoradongri	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghoda Dongri	12 km
Nearest town	Sārni	20 km
District headquarters	Betul	39 km

Villages closest to Punji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghoda Dongri 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 Punji

As per the Census of India 2011, Punji village had a population of 1,064. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 147 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 897 residents.

Punji village has 555 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punji has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1005.

Punji covers 695.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punji falls under Ghoda Dongri tehsil of Betul district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punji is Ghoradongri, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Punji.

Punji is about 39 km from Betul in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punji is in Ghoda Dongri tehsil of Betul district. Ghoradongri is about 12 km away. Ghoda Dongri is about 12 km away. Sārni is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.