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About Punai Village

Punai is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 51 males and 53 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punai village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262527
Area (hectares) 68.43 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 51
Female Population 53
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Punai compares

By the 2011 count Punai is the 190th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 68.43 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Punai

Punai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Punai as Available within 5 - 10 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 Punai from other places

Punai lies about 34 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 23 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 Punai
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 23 km
Nearest town Almora 24 km
District headquarters Champawat 34 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 34 km

Villages closest to Punai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punai village had a population of 104. That makes it the 190th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Punai village has 51 males and 53 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punai has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Punai is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punai covers 68.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punai falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Punai is Kathgodam, about 23 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 km distance for Punai.

Punai is about 34 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punai is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Kathgodam is about 23 km away. Almora is about 24 km away. Champawat is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chama (2.1 km), Mud Chamar (2.1 km) and Patoli (4.7 km).

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

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