About Pukhru Village

Pukhru is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 194 males and 213 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176000, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pukhru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pukhru village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176000
Area (hectares)	106.47 hectares
Population	407
Male Population	194
Female Population	213
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pukhru compares

By the 2011 count Pukhru is the 13th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 106.47 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Pukhru

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

Pukhru lies about 18 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Pukhru
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Jawalamukhi Road	14 km
District headquarters	Kangra	18 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	31 km

Villages closest to Pukhru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pukhru village had a population of 407. That makes it the 13th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Pukhru village has 194 males and 213 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pukhru has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Pukhru is 176000. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pukhru covers 106.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pukhru falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Pukhru is Jawalamukhi Road, about 14 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 Pukhru.

Pukhru is about 18 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pukhru is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about 5.3 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Kangra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.