About Punan Village

Punan is a small village in Nankhari tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 441, made up of 221 males and 220 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172021, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Nankhari
Pincode	172021
Area (hectares)	82.37 hectares
Population	441
Male Population	221
Female Population	220
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punan compares

By the 2011 count Punan is the 20th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 82.37 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Punan

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

Punan lies about 46 km from Shimla. 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 Punan
Tehsil headquarters	Nankhari	1.7 km
District headquarters	Shimla	46 km

Villages closest to Punan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punan village had a population of 441. That makes it the 20th largest of the 84 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Punan village has 221 males and 220 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punan has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Punan is 172021. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punan covers 82.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punan falls under Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Punan notes the nearest railway station 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 Punan.

Punan is about 46 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punan is in Nankhari tehsil of Shimla district. Nankhari is about 1.7 km away. Shimla is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.