About Panchanda Village

Panchanda is a small village in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 198 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchanda village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	423.35 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	198
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
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 Panchanda compares

By the 2011 count Panchanda is the 70th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 423.35 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Panchanda

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

Panchanda lies about 35 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Chhapar, about 2.3 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 Panchanda
Nearest railway station	Chhapar	2.3 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	16 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	35 km

Villages closest to Panchanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchanda village had a population of 381. That makes it the 70th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Panchanda village has 198 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchanda has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Panchanda is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchanda covers 423.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchanda falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchanda is Chhapar, about 2.3 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 Panchanda.

Panchanda is about 35 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchanda is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chhapar is about 2.3 km away. Patrātu is about 12 km away. Barkagaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.