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About Pankota Village

Pankota is a mid sized village in Pendra tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 532 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 752.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pankota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pankota village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra
Pincode 495119
Area (hectares) 752.43 hectares
Population 1,022
Male Population 532
Female Population 490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pankota compares

By the 2011 count Pankota is the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents. Its 752.43 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Pankota

Pankota is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pankota as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Pankota from other places

Pankota lies about 74 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Khodri, about 10 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 Pankota
Tehsil headquarters Pendra 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Khodri 10 km
Nearest town Pasān 23 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 74 km

Villages closest to Pankota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pankota village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,399 residents.

Pankota village has 532 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

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

The pincode recorded for Pankota is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pankota covers 752.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pankota falls under Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pankota is Khodri, about 10 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 km distance for Pankota.

Pankota is about 74 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pankota is in Pendra tehsil of Bilaspur district. Pendra is about 7.4 km away. Khodri is about 10 km away. Pasān is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarkhor (under 2 km), Basantpur (2.4 km) and Girari (2.7 km).

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

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