About Puruwala Santokhgarh Village

Puruwala Santokhgarh is a small village in Paonta Sahib tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 234 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 141.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 137025, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puruwala Santokhgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puruwala Santokhgarh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Paonta Sahib
Pincode	137025
Area (hectares)	141.34 hectares
Population	434
Male Population	234
Female Population	200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puruwala Santokhgarh compares

By the 2011 count Puruwala Santokhgarh is the 92nd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 943 residents. Its 141.34 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Puruwala Santokhgarh

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

Puruwala Santokhgarh lies about 30 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 46 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 Puruwala Santokhgarh
Tehsil headquarters	Paonta Sahib	5.0 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	5.0 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	30 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	46 km

Villages closest to Puruwala Santokhgarh

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paonta Sahib 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 Puruwala Santokhgarh

As per the Census of India 2011, Puruwala Santokhgarh village had a population of 434. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 943 residents.

Puruwala Santokhgarh village has 234 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puruwala Santokhgarh has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Puruwala Santokhgarh is 137025. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puruwala Santokhgarh covers 141.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puruwala Santokhgarh falls under Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puruwala Santokhgarh is Dehradun, about 46 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 Puruwala Santokhgarh.

Puruwala Santokhgarh is about 30 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puruwala Santokhgarh is in Paonta Sahib tehsil of Sirmaur district. Paonta Sahib is about 5.0 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 5.0 km away. Sirmaur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amargarh (under 2 km), Surajpur (under 2 km) and Bain Kuan (under 2 km).

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