About Pungaon Village

Pungaon is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 343, made up of 148 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,318 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246487, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pungaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pungaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246487
Area (hectares)	110.88 hectares
Population	343
Male Population	148
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,318
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pungaon compares

By the 2011 count Pungaon is the 67th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 110.88 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Pungaon

Pungaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pungaon as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Pungaon from other places

Pungaon lies about 30 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 77 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 Pungaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	21 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	30 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	34 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	77 km

Villages closest to Pungaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pungaon village had a population of 343. That makes it the 67th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Pungaon village has 148 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pungaon has about 1318 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Pungaon is 246487. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pungaon covers 110.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pungaon falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pungaon is Kotdwara, about 77 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Pungaon.

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

Pungaon is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 21 km away. Chamoli is about 30 km away. Srīnagar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.