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About Painula Bichiya Village

Painula Bichiya is a small village in Tehri tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 44, made up of 26 males and 18 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 692 females per 1000 males. The village covers 8.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Painula Bichiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Painula Bichiya village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Tehri
Pincode 249130
Area (hectares) 8.28 hectares
Population 44
Male Population 26
Female Population 18
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 692
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 Painula Bichiya compares

By the 2011 count Painula Bichiya is the 283rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 254 residents. Its 8.28 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

Getting to Painula Bichiya

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

Painula Bichiya lies about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Painula Bichiya
Nearest town Srīnagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Tehri 25 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 25 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 46 km

Villages closest to Painula Bichiya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tehri 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 Painula Bichiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Painula Bichiya village had a population of 44. That makes it the 283rd largest of the 315 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 254 residents.

Painula Bichiya village has 26 males and 18 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Painula Bichiya has about 692 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1154.

The pincode recorded for Painula Bichiya is 249130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Painula Bichiya covers 8.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Painula Bichiya falls under Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Painula Bichiya is Rishikesh, about 46 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 Painula Bichiya.

Painula Bichiya is about 25 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Painula Bichiya is in Tehri tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 10 km away. Tehri is about 25 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Selur (3.0 km), Padiyar Gaon (5.0 km) and Haswan Gaon (6.2 km).

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

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