About Ponar Village

Ponar is a mid sized village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 377 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 539.91 hectares hectares.

Ponar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponar village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Silwani
Area (hectares)	539.91 hectares
Population	738
Male Population	377
Female Population	361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Ponar compares

By the 2011 count Ponar is the 48th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 539.91 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Ponar

Ponar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ponar 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ponar from other places

Ponar lies about 95 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 41 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 Ponar
Tehsil headquarters	Silwani	28 km
Nearest town	Deori Khās	35 km
Nearest railway station	Gadarwara	41 km
District headquarters	Raisen	95 km

Villages closest to Ponar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponar village had a population of 738. That makes it the 48th largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Ponar village has 377 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponar has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 920.

Ponar covers 539.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ponar falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ponar is Gadarwara, about 41 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Ponar is about 95 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponar is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 28 km away. Deori Khās is about 35 km away. Gadarwara is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.