About Punwar Village

Punwar is a mid sized village in Karmala tehsil, in the district of Solapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,904, made up of 988 males and 916 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1088 hectares hectares.

Punwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punwar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Solapur
Tehsil	Karmala
Area (hectares)	1088 hectares
Population	1,904
Male Population	988
Female Population	916
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punwar compares

By the 2011 count Punwar is the 44th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents. Its 1088 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Punwar

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

Punwar lies about 123 km from Solapur, and the nearest railway station is Pophlaj, about 23 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 Punwar
Tehsil headquarters	Karmala	12 km
Nearest town	Karmāla	12 km
Nearest railway station	Pophlaj	23 km
District headquarters	Solapur	123 km

Villages closest to Punwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punwar village had a population of 1,904. That makes it the 44th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,879 residents.

Punwar village has 988 males and 916 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punwar has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 915.

Punwar covers 1088 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punwar falls under Karmala tehsil of Solapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Punwar is Pophlaj, about 23 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 Punwar.

Punwar is about 123 km from Solapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punwar is in Karmala tehsil of Solapur district. Karmala is about 12 km away. Karmāla is about 12 km away. Pophlaj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.