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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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- LGD code
- 56405
- Pincode
- 247667
- Post office
- Ganeshpur
- Population
- 3,669
- Households
- 556
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Sex ratio
- 922 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 836
- Distance to district centre
- 53 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 92 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 48 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 157 km
- Nearest railway station
- Iqbalpur · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Madhopur Hazaratpur · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Puhana compares
By population, Puhana ranks #20 of 107 villages in Roorkee mandal.
Literacy rate
%
37.5%
−18.6% vs mandal average
- Puhana
- 37.5%
- Roorkee mandal
- 56.1%
- Haridwar district
- 62.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
922
+24 vs mandal average
- Puhana
- 922
- Roorkee mandal
- 898
Household size
people per home
6.6
+0.6 vs mandal average
- Puhana
- 6.6
- Roorkee mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Puhana at a glance
Puhana is a village of 3,669 people in 556 households (Census 2011) in Roorkee tehsil, Haridwar district, Uttarakhand, the 20th-largest of 107 villages in Roorkee tehsil. Literacy is 38%, 19 points below the tehsil average, and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 53 km from the Haridwar district centre, 10 km from Sikraudha, the nearest town, 6 km from Iqbalpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 247667, served by Ganeshpur post office; the LGD village code is 56405. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Madhopur Hazaratpur, 3 km away. The village votes in Lansdowne assembly constituency, represented by MLA Daleep Singh Rawat. The population is estimated at 4,326 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Puhana →
Key facts — Puhana
- LGD code
- 56405
- Pincode
- 247667
- Post office
- Ganeshpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,669
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,326
- Households
- 556
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 922
- Literacy rate
- 37.5%
- Coordinates
- 29.91469°N, 77.84624°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lansdowne
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Daleep Singh Rawat
- Block / Mandal
- Roorkee
- Nearest PHC
- Eye Mitra (4.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Puhana
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun48 kmcapital
- Delhi157 km
- Mumbai1305 km
- Kolkata1328 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationIqbalpur6 km
- Bus stopTank Chowk7 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Madhopur Hazaratpur3 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda6 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil1 km
- CollegeKandhla College29 km
- Police stationHasanpur Police Chowki30 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Hospital, Madhopur Hazaratpur2.7 km
- Petrol pump
- Indian Oil1.2 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 247667
- RampurRoorkee mandal17,821 pop
- Badheri RajputanRoorkee mandal10,684 pop
- Paneyala ChandapurRoorkee mandal8,567 pop
- Todakalyanpur(Must)Roorkee mandal7,432 pop
- Belra(M)Roorkee mandal7,185 pop
- Saliyer SalhapurRoorkee mandal6,420 pop
- Imlikhera DharampurRoorkee mandal6,304 pop
- Kishanpur JamalpurRoorkee mandal6,011 pop
- BhauriRoorkee mandal5,892 pop
Villages near Puhana
Other villages in Roorkee mandal
View all 60+ →- Rampur
- Badheri Rajputan
- Paneyala Chandapur
- Todakalyanpur(Must)
- Nanheda Anantpur
- Belra(M)
- Saliyer Salhapur
- Imlikhera Dharampur
- Kishanpur Jamalpur
- Bhauri
- Margoobpur Deedaheri
- Rahmatpur (M)
- Madhopur Hazaratpur
- Khatakher
- Bagtowala Majra Dehat
- Daulatpur
- Tanshipur
- Raheempur
- Bharapur
- Safarpur
- Latherdewa Shekh
- Karaundi
- Mukarrabpur
- Ibrahimpurdeh
- Mahmoodpur
- Mehnadkhurd Urf Nagal
- Bedpur
- Dhanauri
- Dhandhedi Khwazgipur
- Jalalpur(Must)
- Mohand Range
- Mirazapur Mustafabad
- Barampur
- Bajuheri
- Nagala/Kubada
- Harjauli Jhojha
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)