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About Panawar Village

Panawar is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 530, made up of 267 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panawar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panawar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 277.79 hectares
Population 530
Male Population 267
Female Population 263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panawar compares

By the 2011 count Panawar is the 107th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 277.79 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Panawar

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

Panawar lies about 86 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 68 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 Panawar
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 24 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 68 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 69 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 86 km

Villages closest to Panawar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panawar village had a population of 530. That makes it the 107th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Panawar village has 267 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panawar has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Panawar is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panawar covers 277.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panawar falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Panawar is Antagarh, about 68 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 Panawar.

Panawar is about 86 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panawar is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 68 km away. Garhchiroli is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mausamtola (2.6 km), Uliya (3.8 km) and Hawalbaras (4.9 km).

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

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