About Pananiyan Village

Pananiyan is a mid sized village in Guraru tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 690, made up of 373 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120 hectares hectares.

Pananiyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pananiyan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Guraru
Area (hectares)	120 hectares
Population	690
Male Population	373
Female Population	317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
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 Pananiyan compares

By the 2011 count Pananiyan is the 59th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents. Its 120 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Pananiyan

Pananiyan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Pananiyan 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 Pananiyan from other places

Pananiyan lies about 27 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Ismailpur, about 11 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 Pananiyan
Tehsil headquarters	Guraru	10 km
Nearest railway station	Ismailpur	11 km
Nearest town	Rafiganj	16 km
District headquarters	Gaya	27 km

Villages closest to Pananiyan

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Pananiyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Pananiyan village had a population of 690. That makes it the 59th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,813 residents.

Pananiyan village has 373 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pananiyan has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Pananiyan covers 120 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pananiyan falls under Guraru tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Pananiyan is Ismailpur, about 11 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 Pananiyan.

Pananiyan is about 27 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pananiyan is in Guraru tehsil of Gaya district. Guraru is about 10 km away. Ismailpur is about 11 km away. Rafiganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.