About Punaha Pokhari Village

Punaha Pokhari is a mid sized village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 575, made up of 284 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 775.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punaha Pokhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punaha Pokhari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248124
Area (hectares)	775.88 hectares
Population	575
Male Population	284
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punaha Pokhari compares

By the 2011 count Punaha Pokhari is the 19th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 775.88 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Punaha Pokhari

Punaha Pokhari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punaha Pokhari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Punaha Pokhari from other places

Punaha Pokhari lies about 46 km from Dehradun. 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 Punaha Pokhari
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	13 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	32 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	46 km

Villages closest to Punaha Pokhari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chakrata 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 Punaha Pokhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Punaha Pokhari village had a population of 575. That makes it the 19th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Punaha Pokhari village has 284 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punaha Pokhari has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Punaha Pokhari is 248124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punaha Pokhari covers 775.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Punaha Pokhari falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Punaha Pokhari notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Punaha Pokhari.

Punaha Pokhari is about 46 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punaha Pokhari is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 13 km away. Mussoorie is about 32 km away. Dehradun is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.