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About Punapada Village

Punapada is a small village in Sailana tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 421, made up of 221 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.85 hectares hectares.

Punapada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punapada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Sailana
Area (hectares) 106.85 hectares
Population 421
Male Population 221
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 905
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punapada compares

By the 2011 count Punapada is the 105th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 509 residents. Its 106.85 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Punapada

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

Punapada lies about 34 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Bildi, about 31 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 Punapada
Tehsil headquarters Sailana 21 km
Nearest town Bānswāra 31 km
Nearest railway station Bildi 31 km
District headquarters Ratlam 34 km

Villages closest to Punapada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punapada village had a population of 421. That makes it the 105th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 509 residents.

Punapada village has 221 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punapada has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1000.

Punapada covers 106.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punapada falls under Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punapada is Bildi, about 31 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 Punapada.

Punapada is about 34 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punapada is in Sailana tehsil of Ratlam district. Sailana is about 21 km away. Bānswāra is about 31 km away. Bildi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Punapadav (under 2 km), Berda (under 2 km) and Bandariya Ka Mal (under 2 km).

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

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