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About Panikhet Village

Panikhet is a mid sized village in Gharghoda tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 340 males and 341 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 634.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panikhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panikhet village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Gharghoda
Pincode 496111
Area (hectares) 634.34 hectares
Population 681
Male Population 340
Female Population 341
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panikhet compares

By the 2011 count Panikhet is the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 634.34 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Panikhet

Panikhet is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panikhet as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Nawagarh, Nawapara Tenda, Naya Rampur and Pakadarha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Panikhet

As per the Census of India 2011, Panikhet village had a population of 681. That makes it the 40th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Panikhet village has 340 males and 341 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panikhet has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Panikhet is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panikhet covers 634.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panikhet falls under Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Panikhet notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panikhet.

Panikhet is in Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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