About Paitana Village

Paitana is a small village in Dhari tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 115 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paitana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paitana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Dhari
Pincode	263157
Area (hectares)	56.87 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	115
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paitana compares

By the 2011 count Paitana is the 107th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 511 residents. Its 56.87 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Paitana

Paitana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Paitana as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Paitana from other places

Paitana lies about 94 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 10 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 Paitana
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	10 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhari	22 km
District headquarters	Nainital	94 km

Villages closest to Paitana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paitana village had a population of 232. That makes it the 107th largest of the 154 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 511 residents.

Paitana village has 115 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paitana has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Paitana is 263157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paitana covers 56.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Paitana falls under Dhari tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paitana is Kotdwara, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Paitana.

Paitana is about 94 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paitana is in Dhari tehsil of Nainital district. Kotdwāra is about 10 km away. Kotdwara is about 10 km away. Dhari is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.