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About Punja Village

Punja is a mid sized village in Bharthana tehsil, in the district of Etawah, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,365, made up of 713 males and 652 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 393.71 hectares hectares.

Punja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punja village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Etawah
Tehsil Bharthana
Area (hectares) 393.71 hectares
Population 1,365
Male Population 713
Female Population 652
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punja compares

By the 2011 count Punja is the 128th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents. Its 393.71 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 865.

Getting to Punja

Punja is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punja as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Punja from other places

Punja lies about 22 km from Etawah, and the nearest railway station is Bhartana, about 15 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 Punja
Tehsil headquarters Bharthana 15 km
Nearest railway station Bhartana 15 km
District headquarters Etawah 22 km

Villages closest to Punja

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punja village had a population of 1,365. That makes it the 128th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,009 residents.

Punja village has 713 males and 652 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punja has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 865.

Punja covers 393.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punja falls under Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punja is Bhartana, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Punja.

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

Punja is in Bharthana tehsil of Etawah district. Bharthana is about 15 km away. Bhartana is about 15 km away. Etawah is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shekhupur Pachar (under 2 km), Santoshpur Pachar (under 2 km) and Keshonpur (1.6 km).

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

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