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About Pungaon Village

Pungaon is a large village in Pachora tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,940, made up of 1,544 males and 1,396 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654 hectares hectares.

Pungaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pungaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Pachora
Area (hectares) 654 hectares
Population 2,940
Male Population 1,544
Female Population 1,396
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Pungaon compares

By the 2011 count Pungaon is the 18th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents. Its 654 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Pungaon

Pungaon 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 Pungaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Pungaon from other places

Pungaon lies about 45 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Pachora Junction, about 3.8 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 Pungaon
Nearest railway station Pachora Junction 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Pachora 4.3 km
Nearest town Pāchora 4.3 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 45 km

Villages closest to Pungaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pungaon village had a population of 2,940. That makes it the 18th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,824 residents.

Pungaon village has 1,544 males and 1,396 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pungaon has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 919.

Pungaon covers 654 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pungaon falls under Pachora tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pungaon is Pachora Junction, about 3.8 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 village for Pungaon.

Pungaon is about 45 km from Jalgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pungaon is in Pachora tehsil of Jalgaon district. Pachora Junction is about 3.8 km away. Pachora is about 4.3 km away. Pāchora is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mandaki (under 2 km), Anturli Kh Pr Lohare (3.1 km) and Anturli Bk Pr Pachora (3.2 km).

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

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