About Punsar Village

Punsar is a mid sized village in Dera Bassi tehsil, in the district of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 543 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 797 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140501, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punsar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Dera Bassi
Pincode	140501
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	976
Male Population	543
Female Population	433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	797
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punsar compares

By the 2011 count Punsar is the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

Getting to Punsar

Punsar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punsar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punsar from other places

Punsar lies about 23 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Dapper, about 7.1 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 Punsar
Nearest railway station	Dapper	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dera Bassi	8.1 km
Nearest town	Basi	8.1 km
District headquarters	Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar	23 km

Villages closest to Punsar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Bassi 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 Punsar

As per the Census of India 2011, Punsar village had a population of 976. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,198 residents.

Punsar village has 543 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punsar has about 797 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 866.

The pincode recorded for Punsar is 140501. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punsar covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punsar falls under Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Punsar is Dapper, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Punsar.

Punsar is about 23 km from Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punsar is in Dera Bassi tehsil of Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district. Dapper is about 7.1 km away. Dera Bassi is about 8.1 km away. Basi is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.