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About Panjiara Village

Panjiara is a small village in Jawalamukhi tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 351, made up of 168 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 80.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjiara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjiara village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawalamukhi
Pincode 176036
Area (hectares) 80.19 hectares
Population 351
Male Population 168
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjiara compares

By the 2011 count Panjiara is the 41st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 312 residents. Its 80.19 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

Getting to Panjiara

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

Panjiara lies about 30 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Panjiara
Tehsil headquarters Jawalamukhi 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 23 km
District headquarters Kangra 30 km
Nearest town Talwāra 41 km

Villages closest to Panjiara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjiara village had a population of 351. That makes it the 41st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 312 residents.

Panjiara village has 168 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjiara has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1107.

The pincode recorded for Panjiara is 176036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjiara covers 80.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjiara falls under Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panjiara is Jawalamukhi Road, about 23 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 Panjiara.

Panjiara is about 30 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjiara is in Jawalamukhi tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi is about 5.9 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 23 km away. Kangra 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 Kohlari (under 2 km), Jatehr (under 2 km) and Adhwani (under 2 km).

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

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