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About Panjah Village

Panjah is a mid sized village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 756, made up of 389 males and 367 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjah village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Rajouri
Tehsil Kalakote
Pincode 185202
Area (hectares) 322.9 hectares
Population 756
Male Population 389
Female Population 367
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 943
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjah compares

By the 2011 count Panjah is the 30th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 322.9 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Panjah

Panjah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjah as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Panjah from other places

Panjah lies about 22 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 48 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 Panjah
Tehsil headquarters Kalakote 3.8 km
District headquarters Rajouri 22 km
Nearest town Rajaori 24 km
Nearest railway station Dugga 48 km

Villages closest to Panjah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjah village had a population of 756. That makes it the 30th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Panjah village has 389 males and 367 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjah has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Panjah is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjah covers 322.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjah falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Panjah is Dugga, about 48 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panjah.

Panjah is about 22 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjah is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Kalakote is about 3.8 km away. Rajouri is about 22 km away. Rajaori is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kora (2.6 km), Koral (2.6 km) and Korlian (2.9 km).

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

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