About Panchbahini Village

Panchbahini is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 156 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchbahini Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchbahini village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816118
Area (hectares)	256 hectares
Population	308
Male Population	156
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	974
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchbahini compares

By the 2011 count Panchbahini is the 152nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 256 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Panchbahini

Panchbahini is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Panchbahini as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Panchbahini from other places

Panchbahini lies about 26 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 7.5 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 Panchbahini
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	26 km
District headquarters	Dumka	26 km

Villages closest to Panchbahini

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

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Common questions about Panchbahini

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchbahini village had a population of 308. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Panchbahini village has 156 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchbahini has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Panchbahini is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchbahini covers 256 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchbahini falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchbahini is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 7.5 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 10+ km distance for Panchbahini.

Panchbahini is about 26 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchbahini is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 7.5 km away. Shikaripara is about 26 km away. Dumka is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.