About Panjwara Village

Panjwara is one of the larger villages in Barahat tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,249, made up of 2,720 males and 2,529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjwara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Barahat
Pincode	813110
Area (hectares)	206 hectares
Population	5,249
Male Population	2,720
Female Population	2,529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Panjwara compares

By the 2011 count Panjwara is the 7th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Panjwara

Panjwara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Panjwara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjwara from other places

Panjwara lies about 18 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Panjwara Road, about 8.7 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 Panjwara
Nearest railway station	Panjwara Road	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barahat	10 km
Nearest town	Godda	12 km
District headquarters	Banka	18 km

Villages closest to Panjwara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barahat 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 Panjwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjwara village had a population of 5,249. That makes it the 7th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,359 residents.

Panjwara village has 2,720 males and 2,529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjwara has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Panjwara is 813110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjwara covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panjwara falls under Barahat tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panjwara is Panjwara Road, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Panjwara.

Panjwara is about 18 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjwara is in Barahat tehsil of Banka district. Panjwara Road is about 8.7 km away. Barahat is about 10 km away. Godda is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.