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About Panchamwa Village

Panchamwa is a mid sized village in Phulwaria tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 807, made up of 420 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 28 hectares hectares.

Panchamwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchamwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Phulwaria
Area (hectares) 28 hectares
Population 807
Male Population 420
Female Population 387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Panchamwa compares

By the 2011 count Panchamwa is the 58th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents. Its 28 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Panchamwa

The census records public bus service for Panchamwa as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchamwa from other places

Panchamwa lies about 57 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Mahendranath Halt, 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 Panchamwa
Nearest railway station Mahendranath Halt 8.7 km
Nearest town Reoti 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Phulwaria 18 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 57 km

Villages closest to Panchamwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchamwa village had a population of 807. That makes it the 58th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,311 residents.

Panchamwa village has 420 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchamwa has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Panchamwa covers 28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panchamwa falls under Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panchamwa is Mahendranath Halt, about 8.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Panchamwa is about 57 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchamwa is in Phulwaria tehsil of Gopalganj district. Mahendranath Halt is about 8.7 km away. Reoti is about 13 km away. Phulwaria is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhopur (2.2 km), Harihara (5.6 km) and Bhagwat Parsa Kalan (6.5 km).

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

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