About Panchal Village

Panchal is one of the larger villages in Meghraj tehsil, in the district of Sabar Kantha, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,952, made up of 2,943 males and 3,009 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1411.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 383350, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchal village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Sabar Kantha
Tehsil	Meghraj
Pincode	383350
Area (hectares)	1411.38 hectares
Population	5,952
Male Population	2,943
Female Population	3,009
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchal compares

By the 2011 count Panchal is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 1411.38 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Panchal

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

Panchal lies about 66 km from Sabar Kantha, and the nearest railway station is Lusadiya, about 16 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 Panchal
Tehsil headquarters	Meghraj	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Lusadiya	16 km
Nearest town	Modāsa	28 km
District headquarters	Sabar Kantha	66 km

Villages closest to Panchal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchal village had a population of 5,952. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Panchal village has 2,943 males and 3,009 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchal has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Panchal is 383350. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchal covers 1411.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchal falls under Meghraj tehsil of Sabar Kantha district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Panchal is Lusadiya, about 16 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 Panchal.

Panchal is about 66 km from Sabar Kantha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchal is in Meghraj tehsil of Sabar Kantha district. Meghraj is about 9.6 km away. Lusadiya is about 16 km away. Modāsa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.