About Purtiala Village

Purtiala is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 170 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Purtiala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Purtiala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawalamukhi
Pincode	176036
Area (hectares)	74.22 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	170
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,071
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Purtiala compares

By the 2011 count Purtiala is the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 74.22 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Purtiala

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

Purtiala lies about 32 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Purtiala
Tehsil headquarters	Jawalamukhi	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	24 km
District headquarters	Kangra	32 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	42 km

Villages closest to Purtiala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Purtiala village had a population of 352. That makes it the 40th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Purtiala village has 170 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Purtiala has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Purtiala is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Purtiala covers 74.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Purtiala falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Purtiala is Amb Andaura, about 24 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 Purtiala.

Purtiala is about 32 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Purtiala is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 7.7 km away. Amb Andaura is about 24 km away. Kangra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.