About Puar Village

Puar is a large village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,171, made up of 1,689 males and 1,482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 183.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	183.72 hectares
Population	3,171
Male Population	1,689
Female Population	1,482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
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 Puar compares

By the 2011 count Puar is the 20th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 183.72 hectares work out to about 17 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 938.

Getting to Puar

Puar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Puar 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 Puar from other places

Puar lies about 10 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, about 6.7 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 Puar
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar II	10 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	10 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	11 km

Villages closest to Puar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Puar

As per the Census of India 2011, Puar village had a population of 3,171. That makes it the 20th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Puar village has 1,689 males and 1,482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puar has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Puar is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puar covers 183.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Puar falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Puar is Hatwar, about 6.7 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 Puar.

Puar is about 10 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puar is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Hatwar is about 6.7 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 10 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.