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About Panyas Village

Panyas is a small village in Sundarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 167 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panyas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panyas village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Sundarnagar
Pincode 174401
Area (hectares) 168.27 hectares
Population 336
Male Population 167
Female Population 169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panyas compares

By the 2011 count Panyas is the 83rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 549 residents. Its 168.27 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Panyas

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

Panyas lies about 42 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 31 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 Panyas
Tehsil headquarters Sundarnagar 29 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 31 km
District headquarters Mandi 42 km

Villages closest to Panyas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panyas village had a population of 336. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 549 residents.

Panyas village has 167 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panyas has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Panyas is 174401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panyas covers 168.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panyas falls under Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panyas is Summer Hill, about 31 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 Panyas.

Panyas is about 42 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panyas is in Sundarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 29 km away. Summer Hill is about 31 km away. Mandi is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chirdhi (2.4 km), Kayan (7.3 km) and Salwana (7.8 km).

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

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