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About Pangaon Village

Pangaon is a mid sized village in Pamgarh tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,792, made up of 921 males and 871 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 366.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pangaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Pamgarh
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 366.96 hectares
Population 1,792
Male Population 921
Female Population 871
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pangaon compares

By the 2011 count Pangaon is the 39th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents. Its 366.96 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Pangaon

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

Pangaon lies about 10 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 16 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 Pangaon
Tehsil headquarters Pamgarh 9.6 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 10 km
Nearest town Jānjgīr 14 km
Nearest railway station Janjgir Naila 16 km

Villages closest to Pangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pangaon village had a population of 1,792. That makes it the 39th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents.

Pangaon village has 921 males and 871 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pangaon has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Pangaon is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pangaon covers 366.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pangaon falls under Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pangaon is Janjgir Naila, about 16 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 Pangaon.

Pangaon is about 10 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pangaon is in Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Pamgarh is about 9.6 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 10 km away. Jānjgīr is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kosala (2.8 km), Mudpar (4.1 km) and Bundela (4.3 km).

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

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