About Paunti Village

Paunti is a small village in Puraula tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 120 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 767 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249185, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paunti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paunti village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Puraula
Pincode	249185
Area (hectares)	136.05 hectares
Population	212
Male Population	120
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	767
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 Paunti compares

By the 2011 count Paunti is the 50th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 136.05 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 980.

Getting to Paunti

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

Paunti lies about 31 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 73 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 Paunti
Tehsil headquarters	Puraula	31 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	31 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	57 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	73 km

Villages closest to Paunti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Paunti village had a population of 212. That makes it the 50th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Paunti village has 120 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paunti has about 767 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Paunti is 249185. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Paunti covers 136.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Paunti falls under Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Paunti is Dehradun, about 73 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 Paunti.

Paunti is about 31 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Paunti is in Puraula tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Puraula is about 31 km away. Uttarkashi is about 31 km away. Mussoorie is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.