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About Punal Village

Punal is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 125, made up of 59 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,119 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176058
Area (hectares) 109.42 hectares
Population 125
Male Population 59
Female Population 66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,119
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punal compares

By the 2011 count Punal is the 133rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 109.42 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1006.

Getting to Punal

Punal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Punal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Punal from other places

Punal lies about 38 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 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 Punal
Nearest town Talwāra 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Kartoli Punjab 17 km
District headquarters Kangra 38 km

Villages closest to Punal

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

Common questions about Punal

As per the Census of India 2011, Punal village had a population of 125. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Punal village has 59 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punal has about 1119 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Punal is 176058. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punal covers 109.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punal falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punal is Kartoli Punjab, about 17 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Punal.

Punal is about 38 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punal is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 6.4 km away. Fatehpur is about 13 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghumali (under 2 km), Kasial (under 2 km) and Aghar (under 2 km).

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

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