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About Puyar Village

Puyar is a mid sized village in Lakhandur tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,330, made up of 658 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.56 hectares hectares.

Puyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puyar village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Lakhandur
Area (hectares) 431.56 hectares
Population 1,330
Male Population 658
Female Population 672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Puyar compares

By the 2011 count Puyar is the 36th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 431.56 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Puyar

Puyar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Puyar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puyar from other places

Puyar lies about 57 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Wadegaon, about 3.6 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 Puyar
Nearest railway station Wadegaon 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhandur 7.5 km
Nearest town Desāīganj 13 km
District headquarters Bhandara 57 km

Villages closest to Puyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puyar village had a population of 1,330. That makes it the 36th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Puyar village has 658 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puyar has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Puyar covers 431.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puyar falls under Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Puyar is Wadegaon, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Puyar is about 57 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puyar is in Lakhandur tehsil of Bhandara district. Wadegaon is about 3.6 km away. Lakhandur is about 7.5 km away. Desāīganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chichgaon (2.2 km), Kanhalgaon (2.4 km) and Pimpalgaon (4.5 km).

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

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