About Punkhabari Village

Punkhabari is a small village in Kurseong tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 342, made up of 158 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,165 females per 1000 males. The village covers 6.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734217, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Punkhabari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Punkhabari village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Kurseong
Pincode	734217
Area (hectares)	6.65 hectares
Population	342
Male Population	158
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,165
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Punkhabari compares

By the 2011 count Punkhabari is the 54th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents. Its 6.65 hectares work out to about 51 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Punkhabari

Punkhabari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Punkhabari 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Punkhabari from other places

Punkhabari lies about 22 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Kurseong, about 5.0 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 Punkhabari
Nearest railway station	Kurseong	5.0 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	22 km

Villages closest to Punkhabari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Punkhabari village had a population of 342. That makes it the 54th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,240 residents.

Punkhabari village has 158 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Punkhabari has about 1165 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Punkhabari is 734217. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Punkhabari covers 6.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 51 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Punkhabari falls under Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Punkhabari is Kurseong, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Punkhabari.

Punkhabari is about 22 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Punkhabari is in Kurseong tehsil of Darjiling district. Kurseong is about 5.0 km away. Darjiling is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.