About Poitanda Village

Poitanda is a mid sized village in Georai tehsil, in the district of Bid, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,271, made up of 663 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.11 hectares hectares.

Poitanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poitanda village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bid
Tehsil	Georai
Area (hectares)	274.11 hectares
Population	1,271
Male Population	663
Female Population	608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Poitanda compares

By the 2011 count Poitanda is the 80th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents. Its 274.11 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Poitanda

Poitanda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Poitanda 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poitanda from other places

Poitanda lies about 35 km from Bid, and the nearest railway station is Ranjani, about 49 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 Poitanda
Tehsil headquarters	Georai	8.5 km
Nearest town	Gevrai	8.5 km
District headquarters	Bid	35 km
Nearest railway station	Ranjani	49 km

Villages closest to Poitanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poitanda village had a population of 1,271. That makes it the 80th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,581 residents.

Poitanda village has 663 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poitanda has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 914.

Poitanda covers 274.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Poitanda falls under Georai tehsil of Bid district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Poitanda is Ranjani, about 49 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Poitanda.

Poitanda is about 35 km from Bid in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poitanda is in Georai tehsil of Bid district. Georai is about 8.5 km away. Gevrai is about 8.5 km away. Bid is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.