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About Punat Village

Punat is a small village in Kushmundi tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 134 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 92.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punat village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kushmundi
Pincode 733121
Area (hectares) 92.87 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 134
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punat compares

By the 2011 count Punat is the 206th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 92.87 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Punat

Punat is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Punat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Pathanpara, Porabagdol, Poradanga and Puinala. 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 Punat

As per the Census of India 2011, Punat village had a population of 256. That makes it the 206th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Punat village has 134 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punat has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Punat is 733121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punat covers 92.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punat falls under Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Punat notes the nearest railway station 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 within <5 km distance for Punat.

Punat is in Kushmundi tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Punat today is likely to be higher.

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