About Panighatta Village

Panighatta is a large village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,021, made up of 1,593 males and 1,428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316 hectares hectares.

Panighatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panighatta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Azamnagar
Area (hectares)	316 hectares
Population	3,021
Male Population	1,593
Female Population	1,428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panighatta compares

By the 2011 count Panighatta is the 25th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 316 hectares work out to about 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Panighatta

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

Panighatta lies about 30 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bhawanipur Bihar, about under 2 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 Panighatta
Nearest railway station	Bhawanipur Bihar	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Azamnagar	5.7 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	27 km
District headquarters	Katihar	30 km

Villages closest to Panighatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panighatta village had a population of 3,021. That makes it the 25th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Panighatta village has 1,593 males and 1,428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panighatta has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Panighatta covers 316 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panighatta falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panighatta is Bhawanipur Bihar, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panighatta.

Panighatta is about 30 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panighatta is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Bhawanipur Bihar is about under 2 km away. Azamnagar is about 5.7 km away. Rāiganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.