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About Panwara Village

Panwara is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 780, made up of 400 males and 380 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 950 females per 1000 males. The village covers 474.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panwara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 474.01 hectares
Population 780
Male Population 400
Female Population 380
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 950
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panwara compares

By the 2011 count Panwara is the 107th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 474.01 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Panwara

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

Panwara lies about 26 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 12 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 Panwara
Nearest railway station Risama 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 14 km
Nearest town Bhilai 24 km
District headquarters Durg 26 km

Villages closest to Panwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panwara village had a population of 780. That makes it the 107th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Panwara village has 400 males and 380 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panwara has about 950 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Panwara is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panwara covers 474.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panwara falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Panwara is Risama, about 12 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 Panwara.

Panwara is about 26 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panwara is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 12 km away. Gunderdehi is about 14 km away. Bhilai is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumhali (2.6 km), Tiloda (3.0 km) and Mundara (3.5 km).

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

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