About Punri Village

Punri is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 302, made up of 137 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,204 females per 1000 males. The village covers 94.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punri village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhoomakot
Pincode	246161
Area (hectares)	94.56 hectares
Population	302
Male Population	137
Female Population	165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,204
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Punri compares

By the 2011 count Punri is the 18th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 94.56 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Punri

Punri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Punri as Available within village. 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 Punri from other places

Punri lies about 21 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 32 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 Punri
Nearest town	Pauri	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhoomakot	21 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	32 km

Villages closest to Punri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punri village had a population of 302. That makes it the 18th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Punri village has 137 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punri has about 1204 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Punri is 246161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punri covers 94.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Punri falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Punri is Kotdwara, about 32 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Punri.

Punri is about 21 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punri is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Pauri is about 20 km away. Dhoomakot is about 21 km away. Garhwal is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.