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About Panol Village

Panol is a small village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 135 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,281 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 176026
Area (hectares) 214.8 hectares
Population 308
Male Population 135
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,281
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panol compares

By the 2011 count Panol is the 130th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 214.8 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Panol

Panol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panol 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panol from other places

Panol lies about 9.0 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Koparlahar, about 6.6 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 Panol
Nearest railway station Koparlahar 6.6 km
District headquarters Kangra 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 18 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 22 km

Villages closest to Panol

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Panol

As per the Census of India 2011, Panol village had a population of 308. That makes it the 130th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Panol village has 135 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panol has about 1281 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Panol is 176026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panol covers 214.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panol falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panol is Koparlahar, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Panol.

Panol is about 9.0 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panol is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Koparlahar is about 6.6 km away. Kangra is about 9.0 km away. Dera Gopipur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bari (1.9 km), Bhatehr (2.9 km) and Bhatehr Awal (2.9 km).

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

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