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About Poonjiyas Village

Poonjiyas is a small village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 318, made up of 171 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 512 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Poonjiyas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Poonjiyas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341511
Area (hectares) 512 hectares
Population 318
Male Population 171
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Poonjiyas compares

By the 2011 count Poonjiyas is the 173rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 512 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Poonjiyas

The census records public bus service for Poonjiyas as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Poonjiyas from other places

Poonjiyas lies about 54 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Merta Road Junction, about 3.1 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 Poonjiyas
Nearest railway station Merta Road Junction 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 15 km
District headquarters Nagaur 54 km

Villages closest to Poonjiyas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Poonjiyas village had a population of 318. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Poonjiyas village has 171 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Poonjiyas has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Poonjiyas is 341511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Poonjiyas covers 512 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Poonjiyas falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Poonjiyas is Merta Road Junction, about 3.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Poonjiyas.

Poonjiyas is about 54 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Poonjiyas is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Merta Road Junction is about 3.1 km away. Merta is about 15 km away. Nagaur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shivrampura (2.3 km), Jarau Khurd (2.7 km) and Jaroda Khurd (2.7 km).

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

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