About Panghatwa Village

Panghatwa is a mid sized village in Dhurki tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 851, made up of 443 males and 408 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 680 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panghatwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panghatwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dhurki
Pincode	822121
Area (hectares)	680 hectares
Population	851
Male Population	443
Female Population	408
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	921
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 Panghatwa compares

By the 2011 count Panghatwa is the 20th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents. Its 680 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

Getting to Panghatwa

Panghatwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Panghatwa 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 Panghatwa from other places

Panghatwa lies about 27 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Ramna, about 15 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 Panghatwa
Nearest railway station	Ramna	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhurki	27 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	27 km

Villages closest to Panghatwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panghatwa village had a population of 851. That makes it the 20th largest of the 28 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,981 residents.

Panghatwa village has 443 males and 408 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panghatwa has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 940.

The pincode recorded for Panghatwa is 822121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panghatwa covers 680 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panghatwa falls under Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panghatwa is Ramna, about 15 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 Panghatwa.

Panghatwa is about 27 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panghatwa is in Dhurki tehsil of Garhwa district. Ramna is about 15 km away. Dhurki is about 27 km away. Garhwa is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.