About Panwar Village

Panwar is a large village in Punpun tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,761, made up of 1,931 males and 1,830 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301 hectares hectares.

Panwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panwar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Patna
Tehsil	Punpun
Area (hectares)	301 hectares
Population	3,761
Male Population	1,931
Female Population	1,830
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
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 Panwar compares

By the 2011 count Panwar is the 9th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents. Its 301 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Panwar

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

Panwar lies about 12 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Punpun Ghat Halt, about 2.8 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 Panwar
Nearest railway station	Punpun Ghat Halt	2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Punpun	3.0 km
Nearest town	Phulwari Sharif	8.4 km
District headquarters	Patna	12 km

Villages closest to Panwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panwar village had a population of 3,761. That makes it the 9th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,761 residents.

Panwar village has 1,931 males and 1,830 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panwar has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 917.

Panwar covers 301 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panwar falls under Punpun tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Panwar is Punpun Ghat Halt, about 2.8 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 Panwar.

Panwar is about 12 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panwar is in Punpun tehsil of Patna district. Punpun Ghat Halt is about 2.8 km away. Punpun is about 3.0 km away. Phulwari Sharif is about 8.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.