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About Hunera Village

Hunera is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 219 males and 232 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 748.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hunera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hunera village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Pithoragarh
Tehsil Didihat
Pincode 262551
Area (hectares) 748.36 hectares
Population 451
Male Population 219
Female Population 232
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
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 Hunera compares

By the 2011 count Hunera is the 38th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 748.36 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Hunera

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

Hunera lies about 32 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Hunera
Nearest town Almora 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Didihat 32 km
District headquarters Pithoragarh 32 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 63 km

Villages closest to Hunera

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

Common questions about Hunera

As per the Census of India 2011, Hunera village had a population of 451. That makes it the 38th largest of the 354 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Hunera village has 219 males and 232 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hunera has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Hunera is 262551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hunera covers 748.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Hunera falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Hunera is Kathgodam, about 63 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 Hunera.

Hunera is about 32 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hunera is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Almora is about 30 km away. Didihat is about 32 km away. Pithoragarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nayal (under 2 km), Ganai (1.6 km) and Naini (2.4 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Hunera today is likely to be higher.

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