About Painya Village

Painya is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 69, made up of 36 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 917 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Painya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Painya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	137.33 hectares
Population	69
Male Population	36
Female Population	33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	917
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Painya compares

By the 2011 count Painya is the 156th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 137.33 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Painya

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

Painya lies about 36 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 9.9 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 Painya
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	9.0 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	9.9 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	36 km

Villages closest to Painya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Painya village had a population of 69. That makes it the 156th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Painya village has 36 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Painya has about 917 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Painya is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Painya covers 137.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Painya falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Painya is Rishikesh, about 9.9 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Painya.

Painya is about 36 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Painya is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 9.0 km away. Rishīkesh is about 9.6 km away. Rishikesh is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.