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About Pondi Kalan Village

Pondi Kalan is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,998, made up of 1,015 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 556 hectares hectares.

Pondi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 556 hectares
Population 1,998
Male Population 1,015
Female Population 983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pondi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pondi Kalan is the 20th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 556 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Pondi Kalan

Pondi Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Pondi Kalan as Available within <5 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pondi Kalan from other places

Pondi Kalan 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 Kalan
Nearest railway station Katangi Khurd 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 15 km
District headquarters Katni 15 km
Nearest town Murwāra 15 km

Villages closest to Pondi Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondi Kalan village had a population of 1,998. That makes it the 20th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Pondi Kalan village has 1,015 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondi Kalan has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 958.

Pondi Kalan covers 556 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pondi Kalan falls under Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pondi Kalan is Katangi Khurd, about 3.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pondi Kalan.

Pondi Kalan 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 Kalan is in Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Katangi Khurd is about 3.5 km away. Dhimarkheda 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 Pondi (under 2 km), Pondi Khurd (under 2 km) and Atariya (under 2 km).

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

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