About Punnar Village

Punnar is a mid sized village in Nohra tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 697, made up of 366 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 809.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punnar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Nohra
Pincode	173104
Area (hectares)	809.65 hectares
Population	697
Male Population	366
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punnar compares

By the 2011 count Punnar is the 10th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 490 residents. Its 809.65 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Punnar

Punnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punnar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Punnar from other places

Punnar lies about 86 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Shimla, about 43 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 Punnar
Tehsil headquarters	Nohra	12 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	41 km
Nearest railway station	Shimla	43 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	86 km

Villages closest to Punnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punnar village had a population of 697. That makes it the 10th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 490 residents.

Punnar village has 366 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punnar has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Punnar is 173104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punnar covers 809.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punnar falls under Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punnar is Shimla, about 43 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 10+ km distance for Punnar.

Punnar is about 86 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punnar is in Nohra tehsil of Sirmaur district. Nohra is about 12 km away. Sundarnagar is about 41 km away. Shimla is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.