This town is at a distance of 322 km northeast of Palangka Raya city, the capital of Central Kalimantan Province.

[1] To be precise, the town of Puruk Cahu is located at 0.6384 S and 114.5677 E. Puruk Cahu is located at the northern to northeastern part of Central Kalimantan and approximately at a distance of 319 km from Palangka Raya city, the capital of Central Kalimantan.

Puruk Cahu is also the most northern town and regency seat in the whole Central Kalimantan province.

Due to its proximity to the equator, Puruk Cahu experiences tropical equatorial climate (Af) with constant high humidity and warm-to-hot temperature, and also huge amounts of rainfall all year long.

[1] For healthcare facility, Puruk Cahu currently has one general hospital, two public health centres, and four pharmacies.