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About Panchu Bigha Village

Panchu Bigha is a large village in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,014, made up of 1,006 males and 1,008 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Panchu Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchu Bigha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Gaya Town C D Block
Area (hectares) 132 hectares
Population 2,014
Male Population 1,006
Female Population 1,008
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchu Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Panchu Bigha is the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Panchu Bigha

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

How far is Panchu Bigha from other places

Panchu Bigha lies about 22 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 16 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 Panchu Bigha
Nearest town Bagaha 9.4 km
Nearest railway station Tankuppa 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Gaya Town C D Block 22 km
District headquarters Gaya 22 km

Villages closest to Panchu Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaya Town C D Block 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.

Common questions about Panchu Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchu Bigha village had a population of 2,014. That makes it the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,049 residents.

Panchu Bigha village has 1,006 males and 1,008 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchu Bigha has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 943.

Panchu Bigha covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panchu Bigha falls under Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panchu Bigha is Tankuppa, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panchu Bigha.

Panchu Bigha is about 22 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchu Bigha is in Gaya Town C D Block tehsil of Gaya district. Bagaha is about 9.4 km away. Tankuppa is about 16 km away. Gaya Town C D Block is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Siarbhuka (3.9 km), Gannu Bigha (13 km) and Khiriyawan (16 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Panchu Bigha today is likely to be higher.

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