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About Poniya Village

Poniya is a small village in Udaipura tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 111 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.79 hectares hectares.

Poniya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poniya village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Udaipura
Area (hectares) 122.79 hectares
Population 226
Male Population 111
Female Population 115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Poniya compares

By the 2011 count Poniya is the 130th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 900 residents. Its 122.79 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Poniya

The census records public bus service for Poniya 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poniya from other places

Poniya lies about 90 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 27 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 Poniya
Tehsil headquarters Udaipura 11 km
Nearest town Gādarwāra 24 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 27 km
District headquarters Raisen 90 km

Villages closest to Poniya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poniya village had a population of 226. That makes it the 130th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 900 residents.

Poniya village has 111 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poniya has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Poniya covers 122.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Poniya falls under Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Poniya is Gadarwara, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Poniya.

Poniya is about 90 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poniya is in Udaipura tehsil of Raisen district. Udaipura is about 11 km away. Gādarwāra is about 24 km away. Gadarwara is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jam (under 2 km), Jamaniya Khurd (under 2 km) and Koda Jamaniya (under 2 km).

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

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