About Pukhri Village

Pukhri is a mid sized village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 775, made up of 381 males and 394 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pukhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pukhri village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	39.11 hectares
Population	775
Male Population	381
Female Population	394
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,034
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pukhri compares

By the 2011 count Pukhri is the 9th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 39.11 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Pukhri

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

Pukhri lies about 11 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Pukhri
District headquarters	Chamba	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	16 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	45 km

Villages closest to Pukhri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pukhri village had a population of 775. That makes it the 9th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Pukhri village has 381 males and 394 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pukhri has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Pukhri is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pukhri covers 39.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Pukhri falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pukhri is Nurpur Road, about 45 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 Pukhri.

Pukhri is about 11 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pukhri is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Chamba is about 11 km away. Dalhousie is about 16 km away. Nurpur Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.