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About Puna Village

Puna is a mid sized village in Una tehsil, in the district of Una, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 521, made up of 262 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 86.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puna village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Una
Tehsil Una
Pincode 174301
Area (hectares) 86.58 hectares
Population 521
Male Population 262
Female Population 259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Puna compares

By the 2011 count Puna is the 113th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents. Its 86.58 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Puna

Puna is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Puna 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Puna from other places

Puna lies about under 2 km from Una, and the nearest railway station is Una Himachal, about 1.6 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 Puna
Tehsil headquarters Una under 2 km
Nearest railway station Una Himachal 1.6 km
Nearest town Nangal 13 km

Villages closest to Puna

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

Common questions about Puna

As per the Census of India 2011, Puna village had a population of 521. That makes it the 113th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,099 residents.

Puna village has 262 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puna has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Puna is 174301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puna covers 86.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Puna falls under Una tehsil of Una district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puna is Una Himachal, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Puna.

Puna is about under 2 km from Una in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puna is in Una tehsil of Una district. Una is about under 2 km away. Una Himachal is about 1.6 km away. Nangal is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rakkar Kaloni (under 2 km), Arniala (2.7 km) and Dangoli (3.8 km).

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

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