About Punda Village

Punda is a mid sized village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,310, made up of 683 males and 627 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.53 hectares hectares.

Punda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punda village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Sahjanwa
Area (hectares)	144.53 hectares
Population	1,310
Male Population	683
Female Population	627
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punda compares

By the 2011 count Punda is the 100th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 144.53 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Punda

Punda is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punda as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punda from other places

Punda lies about 22 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Sihapar Halt, about 5.5 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 Punda
Nearest railway station	Sihapar Halt	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sahjanwa	8.1 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	9.3 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	22 km

Villages closest to Punda

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

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Common questions about Punda

As per the Census of India 2011, Punda village had a population of 1,310. That makes it the 100th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Punda village has 683 males and 627 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punda has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Punda covers 144.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Punda falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punda is Sihapar Halt, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

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

Punda is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Sihapar Halt is about 5.5 km away. Sahjanwa is about 8.1 km away. Khalīlābād is about 9.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.