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About Panjel Village

Panjel is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 78, made up of 43 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjel village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Arki
Pincode 173208
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 78
Male Population 43
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjel compares

By the 2011 count Panjel is the 179th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Panjel

Panjel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjel as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Panjel from other places

Panjel lies about 47 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 30 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 Panjel
Tehsil headquarters Arki 17 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 29 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 30 km
District headquarters Solan 47 km

Villages closest to Panjel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjel village had a population of 78. That makes it the 179th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Panjel village has 43 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjel has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Panjel is 173208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjel covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjel falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panjel is Kiratpur Sahib, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance for Panjel.

Panjel is about 47 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjel is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 17 km away. Sundarnagar is about 29 km away. Kiratpur Sahib 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 Sai (under 2 km), Susai (under 2 km) and Namol (1.8 km).

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

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