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About Puyani Village

Puyani is a mid sized village in Palam tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,774, made up of 941 males and 833 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.89 hectares hectares.

Puyani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puyani village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Tehsil Palam
Area (hectares) 892.89 hectares
Population 1,774
Male Population 941
Female Population 833
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Puyani compares

By the 2011 count Puyani is the 18th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents. Its 892.89 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Puyani

Puyani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puyani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Puyani from other places

Puyani lies about 35 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Gangakher, about 19 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 Puyani
Tehsil headquarters Palam 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Gangakher 19 km
Nearest town Gangākher 20 km
District headquarters Parbhani 35 km

Villages closest to Puyani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puyani village had a population of 1,774. That makes it the 18th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,424 residents.

Puyani village has 941 males and 833 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puyani has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 927.

Puyani covers 892.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puyani falls under Palam tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Puyani is Gangakher, about 19 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 <5 km distance for Puyani.

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

Puyani is in Palam tehsil of Parbhani district. Palam is about 3.0 km away. Gangakher is about 19 km away. Gangākher is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganeshwadi (2.9 km), Teljapur (3.0 km) and Palam (3.0 km).

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

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