About Puktala Village

Puktala is a small village in Chaurah tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 288, made up of 141 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 151 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176316, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puktala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puktala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Chaurah
Pincode	176316
Area (hectares)	151 hectares
Population	288
Male Population	141
Female Population	147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puktala compares

By the 2011 count Puktala is the 115th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 441 residents. Its 151 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 968.

Getting to Puktala

Puktala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Puktala as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Puktala from other places

Puktala lies about 10 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 Puktala
Tehsil headquarters	Chaurah	10 km
District headquarters	Chamba	10 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	40 km

Villages closest to Puktala

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chaurah 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 Puktala

As per the Census of India 2011, Puktala village had a population of 288. That makes it the 115th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 441 residents.

Puktala village has 141 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puktala has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Puktala is 176316. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puktala covers 151 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puktala falls under Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puktala is Nurpur Road, about 40 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Puktala.

Puktala is about 10 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puktala is in Chaurah tehsil of Chamba district. Chaurah is about 10 km away. Chamba is about 10 km away. Nurpur Road is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.