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About Puhirtari Village

Puhirtari is a small village in South Salmara tehsil, in the district of Dhubri, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 23 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,435 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.15 hectares hectares.

Puhirtari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puhirtari village
Description Value
State Assam
District Dhubri
Tehsil South Salmara
Area (hectares) 145.15 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 23
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,435
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Puhirtari compares

By the 2011 count Puhirtari is the 162nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,416 residents. Its 145.15 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Puhirtari

Puhirtari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Puhirtari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Paikarpara, Parua, Pata Kata and Payastechar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Puhirtari

As per the Census of India 2011, Puhirtari village had a population of 56. That makes it the 162nd largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,416 residents.

Puhirtari village has 23 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puhirtari has about 1435 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Puhirtari covers 145.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puhirtari falls under South Salmara tehsil of Dhubri district in Assam.

The census record for Puhirtari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Puhirtari.

Puhirtari is in South Salmara tehsil of Dhubri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Puhirtari today is likely to be higher.

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