About Panchrukhi Village

Panchrukhi is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 183 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchrukhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchrukhi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	58.64 hectares
Population	352
Male Population	183
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
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 Panchrukhi compares

By the 2011 count Panchrukhi is the 195th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 58.64 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Panchrukhi

Panchrukhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panchrukhi 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 Panchrukhi from other places

Panchrukhi lies about 43 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about under 2 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 Panchrukhi
Nearest railway station	Dhanwar	under 2 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	28 km
District headquarters	Giridih	43 km

Villages closest to Panchrukhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchrukhi village had a population of 352. That makes it the 195th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Panchrukhi village has 183 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchrukhi has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Panchrukhi is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchrukhi covers 58.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panchrukhi falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchrukhi is Dhanwar, about under 2 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 Panchrukhi.

Panchrukhi is about 43 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchrukhi is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about under 2 km away. Barki Saria is about 28 km away. Giridih is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.