About Painku Village

Painku is a mid sized village in Jashpur tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,236, made up of 645 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Painku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Painku village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Jashpur
Pincode	491888
Area (hectares)	715.39 hectares
Population	1,236
Male Population	645
Female Population	591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	916
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Painku compares

By the 2011 count Painku is the 12th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 709 residents. Its 715.39 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 999.

Getting to Painku

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

Painku lies about 14 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 72 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 Painku
Tehsil headquarters	Jashpur	14 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	72 km

Villages closest to Painku

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Painku village had a population of 1,236. That makes it the 12th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 709 residents.

Painku village has 645 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Painku has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Painku is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Painku covers 715.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Painku falls under Jashpur tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Painku is Lohardaga, about 72 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 village for Painku.

Painku is about 14 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Painku is in Jashpur tehsil of Jashpur district. Jashpur is about 14 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 14 km away. Lohardaga is about 72 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.