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About Punhera Village

Punhera is a large village in Jalesar tehsil, in the district of Etah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,743, made up of 2,055 males and 1,688 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.53 hectares hectares.

Punhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punhera village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etah
Tehsil Jalesar
Area (hectares) 119.53 hectares
Population 3,743
Male Population 2,055
Female Population 1,688
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Punhera compares

By the 2011 count Punhera is the 20th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents. Its 119.53 hectares work out to about 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 872.

Getting to Punhera

Punhera is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Punhera 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punhera from other places

Punhera lies about 29 km from Etah, and the nearest railway station is Kuswa, about 2.6 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 Punhera
Nearest railway station Kuswa 2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Jalesar 7.4 km
District headquarters Etah 29 km

Villages closest to Punhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punhera village had a population of 3,743. That makes it the 20th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents.

Punhera village has 2,055 males and 1,688 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punhera has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 872.

Punhera covers 119.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 31 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Punhera falls under Jalesar tehsil of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punhera is Kuswa, about 2.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Punhera.

Punhera is about 29 km from Etah in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punhera is in Jalesar tehsil of Etah district. Kuswa is about 2.6 km away. Jalesar is about 7.4 km away. Etah is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Akbarpur Satha (2.2 km), Walidad Pur (2.2 km) and Salamai (2.5 km).

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

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