About Panthia Village

Panthia is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 458, made up of 239 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39 hectares hectares.

Panthia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panthia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	39 hectares
Population	458
Male Population	239
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panthia compares

By the 2011 count Panthia is the 119th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 39 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Panthia

Panthia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panthia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panthia from other places

Panthia lies about 16 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Punsia, about 5.7 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 Panthia
Nearest railway station	Punsia	5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	16 km
District headquarters	Banka	16 km
Nearest town	Bānka	16 km

Villages closest to Panthia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panthia village had a population of 458. That makes it the 119th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Panthia village has 239 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panthia has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Panthia covers 39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panthia falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panthia is Punsia, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panthia.

Panthia is about 16 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panthia is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Punsia is about 5.7 km away. Dhuraiya is about 16 km away. Banka is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.