About Panikhar Village

Panikhar is a small village in Sanku tehsil, in the district of Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 165 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 194103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panikhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panikhar village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kargil
Tehsil	Sanku
Pincode	194103
Area (hectares)	70.4 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	165
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panikhar compares

By the 2011 count Panikhar is the 31st largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 70.4 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Panikhar

Panikhar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panikhar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Khows, Kochik, Lankarchey and Nagmakusar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

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Common questions about Panikhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Panikhar village had a population of 325. That makes it the 31st largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Panikhar village has 165 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panikhar has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Panikhar is 194103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panikhar covers 70.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panikhar falls under Sanku tehsil of Kargil district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The census record for Panikhar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panikhar.

Panikhar is in Sanku tehsil of Kargil district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.