# Punjraj Nagar Village, Shergarh, Jodhpur (Rajasthan)

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Village · Shergarh, Jodhpur 

# Punjraj Nagar

Punjraj Nagar is a village in Shergarh sub-district of Jodhpur district, Rajasthan, PIN code **342025**. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 81 households**, the 332nd largest of 507 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.3%.

- 471people (2011)
- 81households
- 52.3%literacy
- 342025PIN code

## Punjraj Nagar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Punjraj Nagar is 342025.** Punjraj Nagar falls in Shergarh sub-district, Jodhpur district, Rajasthan.

- PIN code342025
- Community development blockBalesar
- Census village code085249

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

## How far is Punjraj Nagar from nearby towns?

- Shergarh (sub-district HQ)67 km by road
- Jodhpur (district HQ)107 km by road
- Jodhpur (nearest town)107 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 Punjraj Nagar?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Punjraj Nagar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Devato
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Setrawa
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shergarh
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Balesar
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 18 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 Punjraj Nagar known for?

The main crops are **bajara, moth and guar**. About 59% of the 419 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Punjraj Nagar

Of every 100 households in Punjraj Nagar in 2011, 49 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Punjraj Nagar · ■ Shergarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**92%

Use banking services ****99%**

**58%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**71%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****31%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Punjraj Nagar?

■ Punjraj Nagar · ■ Shergarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.3%**

**57.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**907

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****848**

**903

Working population ****39.5%**

**42.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.0% for men and 33.9% for women. 42% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 3 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 50 (27%) · **■** Marginal 132 (71%)

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 Shergarh

- Vishwakarma Nagar474 people
- Bhatelai Charnan472 people
- Jhinjhaniyala472 people
- Anandpura471 people
- Guman Singh Nagar470 people
- Berdo Ka Bas467 people
- Saran Nagar467 people
- Dhoom Sagar465 people

[All 507 villages in Shergarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/rajasthan/jodhpur/shergarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Punjraj Nagar?342025
- How far is Punjraj Nagar from Jodhpur?107 km by road
- What is the population of Punjraj Nagar?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Punjraj Nagar in?Jodhpur district (Shergarh sub-district), Rajasthan
- What is the literacy rate of Punjraj Nagar?52.3% (Census 2011)