Punasa

Punasa is a town and a Nagar panchayat in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is also a Tehsil Headquarter.^[1]

Punasa
Town
Punasa Dam on Narmada River
Punasa Location in Madhya Pradesh, India Show map of Madhya Pradesh Punasa Punasa (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 22.23°N 76.38°E / 22.23; 76.38
Country	India
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Government
• Type	Nagar Parishad
Area
• Total	7.8 km2 (3.0 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m (801 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	7,225
• Density	930/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	MP-12

Geography

Punasa is located at 22.23°N 76.38°E / 22.23; 76.38^[2] and has an average elevation of 244 m (801 ft).

Punasa is an ancient city, with many places of worship, like many other cities in India. The city is over a thousand years old and is surrounded by a forest in the Narmada river valley. It is 120 km (75 mi) from Indore, the commercial capital of the state.

Demographics

It had a total population of 7,225 as per the 2011 Census of India.^[3]

Indira Sagar Dam

The Indira Sagar Dam is a multipurpose project of the state Madhya Pradesh on the Narmada River at the town of Narmada Nagar, Punasa in the Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh in India. The foundation stone of the project was laid by late Smt Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India on 23 October 1984. The construction of the main dam started in 1992. The downstream projects of ISP are Omkareshwar, Maheshwar, and Sardar Sarovar Project. To build it, a town of 22,000 people and 100 villages were displaced.^[4]

Transportation

Punasa is 55 km away from District Headquarter Khandwa and 115 km away from Division Headquarter Indore. Punasa is connected by private bus services to all nearest major cities.