About Penkram Village

Penkram is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 320, made up of 150 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,133 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1143.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494448, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penkram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penkram village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Usur
Pincode	494448
Area (hectares)	1143.02 hectares
Population	320
Male Population	150
Female Population	170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,133
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penkram compares

By the 2011 count Penkram is the 61st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 1143.02 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Penkram

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

Penkram lies about 20 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Bacheli, about 52 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 Penkram
Tehsil headquarters	Usur	16 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Bacheli	52 km

Villages closest to Penkram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penkram village had a population of 320. That makes it the 61st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Penkram village has 150 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penkram has about 1133 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Penkram is 494448. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penkram covers 1143.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Penkram falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Penkram is Bacheli, about 52 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Penkram.

Penkram is about 20 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penkram is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 16 km away. Bijapur is about 20 km away. Bacheli is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.