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About Punwara Kalan Village

Punwara Kalan is a mid sized village in Lakhnadon tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 333 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.31 hectares hectares.

Punwara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punwara Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Lakhnadon
Area (hectares) 302.31 hectares
Population 611
Male Population 333
Female Population 278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
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 Punwara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Punwara Kalan is the 117th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 675 residents. Its 302.31 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Punwara Kalan

Punwara Kalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punwara 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 Punwara Kalan from other places

Punwara Kalan lies about 68 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Shikara, about 20 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 Punwara Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Lakhnadon 14 km
Nearest railway station Shikara 20 km
Nearest town Gotegaon 45 km
District headquarters Seoni 68 km

Villages closest to Punwara Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lakhnadon 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 Punwara Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Punwara Kalan village had a population of 611. That makes it the 117th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 675 residents.

Punwara Kalan village has 333 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punwara Kalan has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Punwara Kalan covers 302.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punwara Kalan falls under Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punwara Kalan is Shikara, about 20 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 Punwara Kalan.

Punwara Kalan is about 68 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punwara Kalan is in Lakhnadon tehsil of Seoni district. Lakhnadon is about 14 km away. Shikara is about 20 km away. Gotegaon is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baghodi (2.0 km), Makarjhir (2.3 km) and Boriya Kalan (2.4 km).

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

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