About Puchhiyapali Village

Puchhiyapali is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 563, made up of 287 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 962 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puchhiyapali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puchhiyapali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496665
Area (hectares)	372.19 hectares
Population	563
Male Population	287
Female Population	276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	962
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puchhiyapali compares

By the 2011 count Puchhiyapali is the 99th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 372.19 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Puchhiyapali

Puchhiyapali is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puchhiyapali as Available. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puchhiyapali from other places

Puchhiyapali lies about 56 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 10 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Puchhiyapali
Nearest railway station	Jetha	10 km
Nearest town	Saktī	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	25 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	56 km

Villages closest to Puchhiyapali

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsia tehsil.

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.

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Common questions about Puchhiyapali

As per the Census of India 2011, Puchhiyapali village had a population of 563. That makes it the 99th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Puchhiyapali village has 287 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puchhiyapali has about 962 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Puchhiyapali is 496665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puchhiyapali covers 372.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puchhiyapali falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Puchhiyapali is Jetha, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Puchhiyapali is about 56 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puchhiyapali is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Jetha is about 10 km away. Saktī is about 11 km away. Kharsia is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.