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About Pondi Village

Pondi is a mid sized village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 709, made up of 354 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 318.41 hectares hectares.

Pondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 318.41 hectares
Population 709
Male Population 354
Female Population 355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pondi compares

By the 2011 count Pondi is the 54th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 318.41 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 990.

Getting to Pondi

Pondi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pondi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 15 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi Khurd, about 3.5 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 Katangi Khurd 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 15 km
District headquarters Katni 15 km
Nearest town Murwāra 15 km

Villages closest to Pondi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Badwara 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 709. That makes it the 54th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Pondi village has 354 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondi has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Pondi covers 318.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pondi falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pondi is Katangi Khurd, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pondi.

Pondi is about 15 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondi is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Katangi Khurd is about 3.5 km away. Badwara is about 15 km away. Katni is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atariya (under 2 km), Chapahni (under 2 km) and Jhinjhari (3.9 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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