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About Panyali Village

Panyali is a small village in Galore tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 153 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,209 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panyali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panyali village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Galore
Pincode 177040
Area (hectares) 139 hectares
Population 338
Male Population 153
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,209
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panyali compares

By the 2011 count Panyali is the 23rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 251 residents. Its 139 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1177.

Getting to Panyali

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

Panyali lies about 24 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 40 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 Panyali
Nearest town Sundarnagar 17 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Galore 30 km
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 40 km

Villages closest to Panyali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panyali village had a population of 338. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 251 residents.

Panyali village has 153 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panyali has about 1209 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1177.

The pincode recorded for Panyali is 177040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panyali covers 139 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panyali falls under Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panyali is Joginder Nagar, about 40 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 village for Panyali.

Panyali is about 24 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panyali is in Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district. Sundarnagar is about 17 km away. Hamirpur is about 24 km away. Galore is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kashmir (2.6 km), Pahlwin (3.4 km) and Kardoh (5.4 km).

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

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