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About Puchhi Village

Puchhi is a mid sized village in Chhatarpur tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,303, made up of 700 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 641.62 hectares hectares.

Puchhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puchhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Chhatarpur
Area (hectares) 641.62 hectares
Population 1,303
Male Population 700
Female Population 603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Puchhi compares

By the 2011 count Puchhi is the 68th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents. Its 641.62 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Getting to Puchhi

Puchhi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Puchhi as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Puchhi from other places

Puchhi lies about 13 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 4.5 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 Puchhi
Nearest railway station Basari 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhatarpur 13 km

Villages closest to Puchhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Puchhi village had a population of 1,303. That makes it the 68th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,459 residents.

Puchhi village has 700 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puchhi has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 878.

Puchhi covers 641.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puchhi falls under Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Puchhi is Basari, about 4.5 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Puchhi.

Puchhi is about 13 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puchhi is in Chhatarpur tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Basari is about 4.5 km away. Chhatarpur 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 Dalon (under 2 km), Kadari (2.3 km) and Naiguwan (2.8 km).

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

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