Pukhuria is a village in the Ratua II CD block in the Chanchal subdivision of Malda district in the state of West Bengal, India.

[3] The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west.

The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven.

The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes.” The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.

[8][10][11] According to the 2011 Census of India, Pukhuria had a total population of 22,550, of which 11,457 (51%) were males and 11,093 (49%) were females.