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About Puthia Village

Puthia is a large village in Onda tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,163, made up of 1,146 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puthia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puthia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Onda
Pincode 722144
Area (hectares) 52.76 hectares
Population 2,163
Male Population 1,146
Female Population 1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 887
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Puthia compares

By the 2011 count Puthia is the 17th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 942 residents. Its 52.76 hectares work out to about 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Puthia

Puthia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Puthia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. The nearest villages by name are Pitambarpur, Prajabad, Pratappur and Puncha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Puthia

As per the Census of India 2011, Puthia village had a population of 2,163. That makes it the 17th largest of the 263 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 942 residents.

Puthia village has 1,146 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puthia has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Puthia is 722144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puthia covers 52.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 41 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Puthia falls under Onda tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Puthia notes the nearest railway station as Available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Puthia.

Puthia is in Onda tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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