# Pundas Village, Bhiwandi, Thane (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhiwandi, Thane 

# Pundas

Pundas is a village in Bhiwandi sub-district of Thane district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **1,243 people in 253 households**, the 92nd largest of 210 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.9%.

- 1,243people (2011)
- 253households
- 85.2%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Pundas PIN code and other codes

Pundas falls in Bhiwandi sub-district, Thane district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockBhiwandi
- Census village code552538

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Pundas from nearby towns?

- Bhiwandi (sub-district HQ)90 km by road
- Thane (district HQ)40 km by road
- Bhiwandi (nearest town)90 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Pundas?

12 services counted by the Census are inside Pundas; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Angaon
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bhiwandi
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bhiwandi
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Pundas known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 70% of the 289 hectares of village land is sown, and 201 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Pundas

Of every 100 households in Pundas in 2011, 93 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Pundas · ■ Bhiwandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****93%**

**90%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**46%

Tap water ****2%**

**49%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**44%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**32%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**52%

Use banking services ****70%**

**58%

Television ****26%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**63%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**27%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**5%

None of these assets ****39%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**80%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Pundas?

■ Pundas · ■ Bhiwandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**76.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**889

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1267**

**921

Working population ****28.9%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 78.7% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 3 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 12 (3%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (22%) · **■** Marginal 263 (73%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhiwandi

- Gholgaon1,297 people
- Nandithane1,297 people
- Kiravali Tarf Sonale1,264 people
- Itade1,245 people
- Vaghivali1,237 people
- Khandape1,233 people
- Supegaon1,224 people
- Walshind1,219 people

[All 213 villages in Bhiwandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/thane/bhiwandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Pundas from Thane?40 km by road
- What is the population of Pundas?1,243 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pundas in?Thane district (Bhiwandi sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Pundas?85.2% (Census 2011)