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About Panchvada Village

Panchvada is a mid sized village in Sihor tehsil, in the district of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,012, made up of 542 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1152.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 364250, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchvada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchvada village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Bhavnagar
Tehsil Sihor
Pincode 364250
Area (hectares) 1152.17 hectares
Population 1,012
Male Population 542
Female Population 470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchvada compares

By the 2011 count Panchvada is the 52nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,975 residents. Its 1152.17 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Panchvada

Panchvada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchvada as Available within village. 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchvada from other places

Panchvada lies about 28 km from Bhavnagar, and the nearest railway station is Songadh, about 4.6 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 Panchvada
Nearest railway station Songadh 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sihor 7.9 km
District headquarters Bhavnagar 28 km

Villages closest to Panchvada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchvada village had a population of 1,012. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,975 residents.

Panchvada village has 542 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchvada has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Panchvada is 364250. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchvada covers 1152.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchvada falls under Sihor tehsil of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Panchvada is Songadh, about 4.6 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 within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panchvada.

Panchvada is about 28 km from Bhavnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchvada is in Sihor tehsil of Bhavnagar district. Songadh is about 4.6 km away. Sihor is about 7.9 km away. Bhavnagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Panch Talavada (under 2 km), Songadh (3.0 km) and Toda (7.7 km).

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

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