About Punjam Village

Punjam is a small village in Lanjigarh tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 215 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,181 females per 1000 males. The village covers 942 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766027, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punjam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punjam village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Lanjigarh
Pincode	766027
Area (hectares)	942 hectares
Population	469
Male Population	215
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,181
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punjam compares

By the 2011 count Punjam is the 15th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 942 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Punjam

Punjam is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punjam as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Pidisal, Podeikhunti, Poiguda and Pradhanipada. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Punjam

As per the Census of India 2011, Punjam village had a population of 469. That makes it the 15th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Punjam village has 215 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punjam has about 1181 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Punjam is 766027. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punjam covers 942 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punjam falls under Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Punjam notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Punjam.

Punjam is in Lanjigarh tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.