About Punawara Village

Punawara is a mid sized village in Simalwara tehsil, in the district of Dungarpur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,990, made up of 1,009 males and 981 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 489.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 314406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punawara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punawara village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Dungarpur
Tehsil	Simalwara
Pincode	314406
Area (hectares)	489.16 hectares
Population	1,990
Male Population	1,009
Female Population	981
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punawara compares

By the 2011 count Punawara is the 44th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents. Its 489.16 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Punawara

Punawara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punawara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punawara from other places

Punawara lies about 22 km from Dungarpur, and the nearest railway station is Rikhabdev Road, about 13 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 Punawara
Nearest railway station	Rikhabdev Road	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Simalwara	22 km
District headquarters	Dungarpur	22 km
Nearest town	Dūngarpur	22 km

Villages closest to Punawara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punawara village had a population of 1,990. That makes it the 44th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,274 residents.

Punawara village has 1,009 males and 981 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punawara has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Punawara is 314406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punawara covers 489.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punawara falls under Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Punawara is Rikhabdev Road, about 13 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 village for Punawara.

Punawara is about 22 km from Dungarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punawara is in Simalwara tehsil of Dungarpur district. Rikhabdev Road is about 13 km away. Simalwara is about 22 km away. Dungarpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.