About Puni Gaon Village

Puni Gaon is a small village in Didihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 9, made up of 5 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puni Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puni Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Didihat
Pincode	262552
Area (hectares)	25.85 hectares
Population	9
Male Population	5
Female Population	4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Puni Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Puni Gaon is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 207 residents. Its 25.85 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1103.

Getting to Puni Gaon

Puni Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Puni Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Puni Gaon from other places

Puni Gaon lies about 29 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Tanakpur, about 87 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 Puni Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Didihat	13 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	29 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	29 km
Nearest railway station	Tanakpur	87 km

Villages closest to Puni Gaon

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.

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Common questions about Puni Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Puni Gaon village had a population of 9. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 207 residents.

Puni Gaon village has 5 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puni Gaon has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1103.

The pincode recorded for Puni Gaon is 262552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puni Gaon covers 25.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Puni Gaon falls under Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Puni Gaon is Tanakpur, about 87 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Puni Gaon.

Puni Gaon is about 29 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puni Gaon is in Didihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Didihat is about 13 km away. Pithoragarh is about 29 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.