About Punchhi Village

Punchhi is a mid sized village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 843, made up of 438 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.34 hectares hectares.

Punchhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punchhi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Murwara
Area (hectares)	329.34 hectares
Population	843
Male Population	438
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punchhi compares

By the 2011 count Punchhi is the 66th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 329.34 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Punchhi

Punchhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punchhi 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punchhi from other places

Punchhi lies about 15 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Jukehi, about 2.4 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 Punchhi
Nearest railway station	Jukehi	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Murwara	15 km
District headquarters	Katni	15 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	15 km

Villages closest to Punchhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punchhi village had a population of 843. That makes it the 66th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Punchhi village has 438 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punchhi has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Punchhi covers 329.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punchhi falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punchhi is Jukehi, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Punchhi.

Punchhi 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.

Punchhi is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Jukehi is about 2.4 km away. Murwara 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.