About Punahla Village

Punahla is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 117, made up of 59 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punahla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punahla village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	173218
Area (hectares)	84.12 hectares
Population	117
Male Population	59
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punahla compares

By the 2011 count Punahla is the 103rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 84.12 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Punahla

Punahla is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punahla as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Punahla from other places

Punahla lies about 60 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 Punahla
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	34 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	34 km
District headquarters	Solan	60 km

Villages closest to Punahla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punahla village had a population of 117. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Punahla village has 59 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punahla has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Punahla is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punahla covers 84.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punahla falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Punahla is Kiratpur Sahib, about 34 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Punahla.

Punahla is about 60 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punahla is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Sundarnagar is about 18 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 34 km away. Ramshahr is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.