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About Punganai Village

Punganai is a small village in Uthangarai tehsil, in the district of Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 28 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 635307, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punganai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punganai village
Description Value
State Tamil Nadu
District Krishnagiri
Tehsil Uthangarai
Pincode 635307
Area (hectares) 179.68 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 28
Female Population 28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punganai compares

By the 2011 count Punganai is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 179.68 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 937.

Getting to Punganai

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

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 Punganai

As per the Census of India 2011, Punganai village had a population of 56. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Punganai village has 28 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punganai has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Punganai is 635307. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punganai covers 179.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punganai falls under Uthangarai tehsil of Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu.

The census record for Punganai notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Punganai.

Punganai is in Uthangarai tehsil of Krishnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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