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About Punkhede Village

Punkhede is a mid sized village in Raver tehsil, in the district of Jalgaon, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,292, made up of 684 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 425508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punkhede Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punkhede village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Jalgaon
Tehsil Raver
Pincode 425508
Area (hectares) 268.85 hectares
Population 1,292
Male Population 684
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Punkhede compares

By the 2011 count Punkhede is the 67th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents. Its 268.85 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 932.

Getting to Punkhede

Punkhede 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 Punkhede 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 Punkhede from other places

Punkhede lies about 57 km from Jalgaon, and the nearest railway station is Raver, about 1.5 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 Punkhede
Nearest railway station Raver 1.5 km
Nearest town Rāver 3.0 km
District headquarters Jalgaon 57 km

Villages closest to Punkhede

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punkhede village had a population of 1,292. That makes it the 67th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,298 residents.

Punkhede village has 684 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punkhede has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Punkhede is 425508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punkhede covers 268.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punkhede falls under Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Punkhede is Raver, about 1.5 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 Punkhede.

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

Punkhede is in Raver tehsil of Jalgaon district. Raver is about 1.5 km away. Rāver is about 3.0 km away. Jalgaon is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borkhede (under 2 km), Borkhede Sim (under 2 km) and Patondi (1.7 km).

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

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