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About Punavat Village

Punavat is a mid sized village in Shirala tehsil, in the district of Sangli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,808, made up of 899 males and 909 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 415408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punavat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punavat village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Sangli
Tehsil Shirala
Pincode 415408
Area (hectares) 403 hectares
Population 1,808
Male Population 899
Female Population 909
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punavat compares

By the 2011 count Punavat is the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents. Its 403 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1072.

Getting to Punavat

Punavat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punavat 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 Punavat from other places

Punavat lies about 58 km from Sangli, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 35 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 Punavat
Nearest town Shahuwadi 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Shirala 11 km
Nearest railway station Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus 35 km
District headquarters Sangli 58 km

Villages closest to Punavat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punavat village had a population of 1,808. That makes it the 28th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,715 residents.

Punavat village has 899 males and 909 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punavat has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1072.

The pincode recorded for Punavat is 415408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punavat covers 403 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punavat falls under Shirala tehsil of Sangli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Punavat is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 35 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 Punavat.

Punavat is about 58 km from Sangli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punavat is in Shirala tehsil of Sangli district. Shahuwadi is about 10 km away. Shirala is about 11 km away. Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandur (2.3 km), Phuphere (2.8 km) and Dholewadi (2.8 km).

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

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