About Ponga Village

Ponga is a small village in Narala tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 307, made up of 147 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponga village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Narala
Pincode	766100
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	307
Male Population	147
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,088
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 Ponga compares

By the 2011 count Ponga is the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 544 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 993.

Getting to Ponga

Ponga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ponga 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ponga from other places

Ponga lies about 29 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nuagaon, about 15 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 Ponga
Nearest railway station	Nuagaon	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narala	29 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	29 km
Nearest town	Angul	51 km

Villages closest to Ponga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponga village had a population of 307. That makes it the 89th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 544 residents.

Ponga village has 147 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponga has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Ponga is 766100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponga covers 170 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.

Ponga falls under Narala tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Ponga is Nuagaon, about 15 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ponga.

Ponga is about 29 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ponga is in Narala tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nuagaon is about 15 km away. Narala is about 29 km away. Kalahandi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.