About Panjhar Village

Panjhar is a mid sized village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 779, made up of 388 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Raigarh
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	346 hectares
Population	779
Male Population	388
Female Population	391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjhar compares

By the 2011 count Panjhar is the 73rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 346 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Panjhar

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

Panjhar lies about 16 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bhupdeopur, about 7.7 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 Panjhar
Nearest railway station	Bhupdeopur	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raigarh	16 km

Villages closest to Panjhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjhar village had a population of 779. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Panjhar village has 388 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjhar has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Panjhar is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjhar covers 346 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjhar falls under Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Panjhar is Bhupdeopur, about 7.7 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 Panjhar.

Panjhar is about 16 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjhar is in Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Bhupdeopur is about 7.7 km away. Raigarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.