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About Prithvipur Jungle Village

Prithvipur Jungle is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 113, made up of 89 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 270 females per 1000 males. The village covers 994.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248198, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Prithvipur Jungle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Prithvipur Jungle village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Vikasnagar
Pincode 248198
Area (hectares) 994.44 hectares
Population 113
Male Population 89
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 270
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 Prithvipur Jungle compares

By the 2011 count Prithvipur Jungle is the 127th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 994.44 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 908.

Getting to Prithvipur Jungle

Prithvipur Jungle is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Prithvipur Jungle 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 Prithvipur Jungle from other places

Prithvipur Jungle lies about 27 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 Prithvipur Jungle
Tehsil headquarters Vikasnagar 2.8 km
Nearest town Pāonta Sāhib 17 km
District headquarters Dehradun 27 km

Villages closest to Prithvipur Jungle

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vikasnagar 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 Prithvipur Jungle

As per the Census of India 2011, Prithvipur Jungle village had a population of 113. That makes it the 127th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Prithvipur Jungle village has 89 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Prithvipur Jungle has about 270 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Prithvipur Jungle is 248198. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Prithvipur Jungle covers 994.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Prithvipur Jungle falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Prithvipur Jungle 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 Prithvipur Jungle.

Prithvipur Jungle is about 27 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Prithvipur Jungle is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Vikasnagar is about 2.8 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 17 km away. Dehradun is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Prithvipur (under 2 km), Bulaki Wala (under 2 km) and Badam Wala (under 2 km).

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

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