About Pyura Village

Pyura is a mid sized village in Kosya Kutauli tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 515, made up of 265 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pyura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pyura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Kosya Kutauli
Pincode	263831
Area (hectares)	160.48 hectares
Population	515
Male Population	265
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pyura compares

By the 2011 count Pyura is the 17th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 160.48 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

Getting to Pyura

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

Pyura lies about 22 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 29 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 Pyura
Nearest town	Almora	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kosya Kutauli	16 km
District headquarters	Nainital	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	29 km

Villages closest to Pyura

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kosya Kutauli 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 Pyura

As per the Census of India 2011, Pyura village had a population of 515. That makes it the 17th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Pyura village has 265 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pyura has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1055.

The pincode recorded for Pyura is 263831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pyura covers 160.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pyura falls under Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pyura is Kathgodam, about 29 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 10+ km distance for Pyura.

Pyura is about 22 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pyura is in Kosya Kutauli tehsil of Nainital district. Almora is about 9.5 km away. Kosya Kutauli is about 16 km away. Nainital is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.