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About Panaul Village

Panaul is a mid sized village in Gurua tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,273, made up of 678 males and 595 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109 hectares hectares.

Panaul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panaul village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Gurua
Area (hectares) 109 hectares
Population 1,273
Male Population 678
Female Population 595
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
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 Panaul compares

By the 2011 count Panaul is the 41st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents. Its 109 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Panaul

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

Panaul lies about 22 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Paraiya, 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 Panaul
Tehsil headquarters Gurua 7.2 km
Nearest town Sherghāti 13 km
Nearest railway station Paraiya 16 km
District headquarters Gaya 22 km

Villages closest to Panaul

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panaul village had a population of 1,273. That makes it the 41st largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,089 residents.

Panaul village has 678 males and 595 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panaul has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Panaul covers 109 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panaul falls under Gurua tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panaul is Paraiya, 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 Panaul.

Panaul 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.

Panaul is in Gurua tehsil of Gaya district. Gurua is about 7.2 km away. Sherghāti is about 13 km away. Paraiya is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhamaul (under 2 km), Sakal Bigha (1.7 km) and Nauwa Khap (2.1 km).

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

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