| Official Name: | Paunikha |
| Native Name: | Пауниха |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Russia Vologda Oblast#Russia |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Russia |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vologda Oblast |
| Subdivision Name3: | Kharovsky District |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
| Utc Offset1: | +3:00 |
| Coordinates: | 60.1333°N 48°W[1] |
Paunikha (Russian: Пауниха) is a rural locality (a village) in Razinskoye Rural Settlement, Kharovsky District, Vologda Oblast, Russia. The population was 18 as of 2002.[2]
Paunikha is located 30 km north of Kharovsk (the district's administrative centre) by road. Fedyakovo is the nearest rural locality.[3]