About Penuwa Village

Penuwa is a small village in Tyuni tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 157 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 764 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penuwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Tyuni
Pincode	248123
Area (hectares)	366.97 hectares
Population	277
Male Population	157
Female Population	120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	764
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penuwa compares

By the 2011 count Penuwa is the 55th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 414 residents. Its 366.97 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Penuwa

Penuwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Penuwa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Penuwa from other places

Penuwa lies about 33 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 Penuwa
Nearest town	Mussoorie	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tyuni	33 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	33 km

Villages closest to Penuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penuwa village had a population of 277. That makes it the 55th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 414 residents.

Penuwa village has 157 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penuwa has about 764 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Penuwa is 248123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penuwa covers 366.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Penuwa falls under Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Penuwa notes the nearest railway station 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 - 10 km distance for Penuwa.

Penuwa is about 33 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penuwa is in Tyuni tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 23 km away. Tyuni is about 33 km away. Dehradun is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.