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About Punyakhedi Village

Punyakhedi is a mid sized village in Garoth tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 295 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 236.02 hectares hectares.

Punyakhedi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punyakhedi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Mandsaur
Tehsil Garoth
Area (hectares) 236.02 hectares
Population 604
Male Population 295
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,047
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punyakhedi compares

By the 2011 count Punyakhedi is the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 236.02 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Punyakhedi

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

Punyakhedi lies about 52 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Garot, about 17 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 Punyakhedi
Tehsil headquarters Garoth 14 km
Nearest railway station Garot 17 km
Nearest town Shāmgarh 17 km
District headquarters Mandsaur 52 km

Villages closest to Punyakhedi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punyakhedi village had a population of 604. That makes it the 67th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Punyakhedi village has 295 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punyakhedi has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Punyakhedi covers 236.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punyakhedi falls under Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punyakhedi is Garot, about 17 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 Punyakhedi.

Punyakhedi is about 52 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punyakhedi is in Garoth tehsil of Mandsaur district. Garoth is about 14 km away. Garot is about 17 km away. Shāmgarh is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lasudiya (1.5 km), Karadiya (2.2 km) and Panwadi (3.0 km).

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

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