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About Pondi Kalan Village

Pondi Kalan is a mid sized village in Shahnagar tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 816, made up of 424 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.65 hectares hectares.

Pondi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondi Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Shahnagar
Area (hectares) 270.65 hectares
Population 816
Male Population 424
Female Population 392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ 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 49th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 933 residents. Its 270.65 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 945.

Getting to Pondi Kalan

Pondi Kalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pondi Kalan 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 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 70 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Amdara, about 10 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 Amdara 10 km
Nearest town Maihar 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Shahnagar 30 km
District headquarters Panna 70 km

Villages closest to Pondi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahnagar 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 816. That makes it the 49th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 933 residents.

Pondi Kalan village has 424 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondi Kalan has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Pondi Kalan covers 270.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pondi Kalan falls under Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pondi Kalan is Amdara, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Pondi Kalan.

Pondi Kalan is about 70 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondi Kalan is in Shahnagar tehsil of Panna district. Amdara is about 10 km away. Maihar is about 26 km away. Shahnagar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusmi (under 2 km), Shyamgiri (1.9 km) and Rohania (2.0 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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