About Penwara Village

Penwara is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 238 males and 244 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penwara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496554
Area (hectares)	170.43 hectares
Population	482
Male Population	238
Female Population	244
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penwara compares

By the 2011 count Penwara is the 103rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 170.43 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Penwara

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

Penwara lies about 6.4 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 36 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 Penwara
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	36 km

Villages closest to Penwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penwara village had a population of 482. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Penwara village has 238 males and 244 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penwara has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Penwara is 496554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penwara covers 170.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penwara falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Penwara is Raigarh, about 36 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 Penwara.

Penwara is about 6.4 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penwara is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 6.4 km away. Raigarh is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.