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Punama Facts

Area	49.6 km²
Population	8,598
Male Population	4,283 (49.8%)
Female Population	4,315 (50.2%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	+2249.2%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	+37.6%
Median Age	18.4 years (Male: 18.6, Female: 18.2)
Local Time
Timezone	Nepal Time
Lat & Lng	28.70337, 82.11766

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Punama Population

Years 1975 to 2020

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020
Population	366	2,974	6,249	8,074	8,598
Population Density	7.4 / km²	59.9 / km²	125.9 / km²	162.7 / km²	173.3 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Punama Population change from 2000 to 2015

Increase of 29.2% from year 2000 to 2015

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Punama	+2106%	+171.5%	+29.2%
Nepal	+115.2%	+52.2%	+20.2%

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Punama Median Age

Median Age: 18.4 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Punama	18.4 yrs	18.2 yrs	18.6 yrs
Nepal	21.7 yrs	22.6 yrs	20.4 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Punama Population Density

Population Density: 173 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Punama	8,598	49.6 km²	173 / km²
Nepal	28.7 million	147,926.4 km²	194 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Punama Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 1880 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Punama CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Punama	2,773 tn	0.32 tn	55.9 tons/km²
Nepal	11,136,221 tn	0.39 tn	75.3 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Punama CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	2,773 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	0.32 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	55.9 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Drought	Medium (4)
Flood	High (8)
Earthquake	High (8.7)
Landslide	Medium (7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI. 2005. Global Landslide Hazard Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4P848VZ.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and International Research Institute for Climate and Society - IRI - Columbia University. 2005. Global Drought Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4VX0DFT.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Flood Hazard Frequency and Distribution. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4668B3D.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
5/11/19	6:51 PM	4.5	54.4 km	31,320 m	11km WNW of Dailekh, Nepal	usgs.gov
10/5/18	7:15 AM	4.3	62.4 km	10,000 m	19km NW of Birendranagar, Nepal	usgs.gov
10/5/18	7:08 AM	4.4	55.9 km	10,000 m	13km WNW of Dailekh, Nepal	usgs.gov
7/15/17	4:35 PM	4.3	49.3 km	27,700 m	6km W of Dailekh, Nepal	usgs.gov
12/26/15	4:48 AM	4.1	86.9 km	10,000 m	19km NE of Achham, Nepal	usgs.gov
12/18/15	10:16 PM	5.4	89.3 km	10,000 m	51km NE of Achham, Nepal	usgs.gov
6/20/15	12:23 PM	4.7	53 km	10,000 m	49km ENE of Salyan, Nepal	usgs.gov
4/22/15	1:29 AM	4.4	47.1 km	10,000 m	53km SE of Jumla, Nepal	usgs.gov
4/21/15	2:02 PM	5	34.3 km	10,000 m	46km SSE of Jumla, Nepal	usgs.gov
1/5/15	7:41 PM	4.2	52.5 km	34,470 m	9km WNW of Dailekh, Nepal	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Punama

Punama is a village development committee in Jajarkot District in the Bheri Zone of mid-western Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5096 living in 890 individual households.

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