About Punya Village

Punya is a mid sized village in Mehdawal tehsil, in the district of Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 943, made up of 502 males and 441 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 272154, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punya village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sant Kabir Nagar
Tehsil	Mehdawal
Pincode	272154
Area (hectares)	160.89 hectares
Population	943
Male Population	502
Female Population	441
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	878
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punya compares

By the 2011 count Punya is the 165th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 991 residents. Its 160.89 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Punya

Punya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Punya as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punya from other places

Punya lies about 5.0 km from Sant Kabir Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, about 2.7 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 Punya
Nearest railway station	Khalilabad	2.7 km
Nearest town	Khalīlābād	3.4 km
District headquarters	Sant Kabir Nagar	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mehdawal	20 km

Villages closest to Punya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punya village had a population of 943. That makes it the 165th largest of the 440 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 991 residents.

Punya village has 502 males and 441 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punya has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Punya is 272154. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punya covers 160.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punya falls under Mehdawal tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punya is Khalilabad, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Punya.

Punya is about 5.0 km from Sant Kabir Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punya is in Mehdawal tehsil of Sant Kabir Nagar district. Khalilabad is about 2.7 km away. Khalīlābād is about 3.4 km away. Sant Kabir Nagar is about 5.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.