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About Panjani Village

Panjani is a small village in Mendhar tehsil, in the district of Punch, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 76 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,276 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjani village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Punch
Tehsil Mendhar
Pincode 185111
Area (hectares) 246 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 76
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,276
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjani compares

By the 2011 count Panjani is the 48th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents. Its 246 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1014.

Getting to Panjani

Panjani is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panjani as Available within 5 - 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjani from other places

Panjani lies about 32 km from Punch, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 78 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 Panjani
Tehsil headquarters Mendhar 14 km
Nearest town Rajaori 17 km
District headquarters Punch 32 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 78 km

Villages closest to Panjani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjani village had a population of 173. That makes it the 48th largest of the 51 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,673 residents.

Panjani village has 76 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjani has about 1276 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Panjani is 185111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjani covers 246 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panjani falls under Mendhar tehsil of Punch district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Panjani is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 78 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panjani.

Panjani is about 32 km from Punch in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjani is in Mendhar tehsil of Punch district. Mendhar is about 14 km away. Rajaori is about 17 km away. Punch is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sasutah (2.1 km), Sohala (2.3 km) and Datote (2.5 km).

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

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