About Pinshela Village

Pinshela is a small village in Nainital tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 139 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pinshela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pinshela village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Nainital
Tehsil	Nainital
Pincode	263126
Area (hectares)	227.05 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	139
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
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 Pinshela compares

By the 2011 count Pinshela is the 102nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 406 residents. Its 227.05 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Pinshela

Pinshela is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Pinshela 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 Pinshela from other places

Pinshela lies about 22 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 9.8 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 Pinshela
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	9.8 km
Nearest town	Haldwani	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nainital	22 km

Villages closest to Pinshela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pinshela village had a population of 264. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 406 residents.

Pinshela village has 139 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pinshela has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Pinshela is 263126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pinshela covers 227.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pinshela falls under Nainital tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Pinshela is Kathgodam, about 9.8 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 Pinshela.

Pinshela 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.

Pinshela is in Nainital tehsil of Nainital district. Kathgodam is about 9.8 km away. Haldwani is about 14 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.