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About Punang Kalan Village

Punang Kalan is a mid sized village in Bhinmal tehsil, in the district of Jalor, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,587, made up of 798 males and 789 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1220.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 307803, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punang Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punang Kalan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jalor
Tehsil Bhinmal
Pincode 307803
Area (hectares) 1220.17 hectares
Population 1,587
Male Population 798
Female Population 789
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punang Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Punang Kalan is the 65th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,448 residents. Its 1220.17 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Punang Kalan

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

Punang Kalan lies about 40 km from Jalor, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Bagra, about 24 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 Punang Kalan
Nearest railway station Marwar Bagra 24 km
Nearest town Sirohi 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhinmal 32 km
District headquarters Jalor 40 km

Villages closest to Punang Kalan

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

Common questions about Punang Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Punang Kalan village had a population of 1,587. That makes it the 65th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,448 residents.

Punang Kalan village has 798 males and 789 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punang Kalan has about 989 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 981.

The pincode recorded for Punang Kalan is 307803. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punang Kalan covers 1220.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punang Kalan falls under Bhinmal tehsil of Jalor district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Punang Kalan is Marwar Bagra, about 24 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 Punang Kalan.

Punang Kalan is about 40 km from Jalor in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punang Kalan is in Bhinmal tehsil of Jalor district. Marwar Bagra is about 24 km away. Sirohi is about 28 km away. Bhinmal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Punang Khurd (1.5 km), Ratpura (3.0 km) and Jhak (3.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Punang Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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