About Penar Village

Penar is a mid sized village in Nokha tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,646, made up of 860 males and 786 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares.

Penar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penar village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Nokha
Area (hectares)	195 hectares
Population	1,646
Male Population	860
Female Population	786
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penar compares

By the 2011 count Penar is the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,834 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Penar

Penar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Penar from other places

Penar lies about 51 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khairadih Halt, about 4.2 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 Penar
Nearest railway station	Khairadih Halt	4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nokha	5.6 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	51 km

Villages closest to Penar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penar village had a population of 1,646. That makes it the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,834 residents.

Penar village has 860 males and 786 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penar has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 926.

Penar covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Penar falls under Nokha tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Penar is Khairadih Halt, about 4.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Penar.

Penar is about 51 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penar is in Nokha tehsil of Rohtas district. Khairadih Halt is about 4.2 km away. Nokha is about 5.6 km away. Rohtas is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.