The municipality has a population of 1,744 (31 December 2024)[2] and covers an area of 145.94 square kilometres (56.35 sq mi) of which 0.9 km2 (0.35 sq mi) is water.

[1] The population density is 12.02 inhabitants per square kilometre (31.1/sq mi).

Pukkila has previously also been called Savijoki ("Clay River") and, in local colloquial language, Vähä-Porvoo ("Lesser Porvoo").

[5] In 1962, a former villager, Onni Nurmi, bequeathed the village 760 shares in a company called Nokia - then chiefly known as a manufacturer of rubber workboots - on condition that the income be used for the benefit of the elderly and that the shares would never be sold.

After a legal battle[6][7] the shares have now been diversified and the income used to fund a welfare centre[8] and services for the elderly.