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About Panijiya Village

Panijiya is a small village in Chakulia tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 165 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.54 hectares hectares.

Panijiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panijiya village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chakulia
Area (hectares) 119.54 hectares
Population 317
Male Population 165
Female Population 152
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 Panijiya compares

By the 2011 count Panijiya is the 131st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 424 residents. Its 119.54 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Panijiya

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

Panijiya lies about 5.6 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chirugoda, about 4.3 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 Panijiya
Nearest railway station Chirugoda 4.3 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 5.6 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Chakulia 19 km

Villages closest to Panijiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panijiya village had a population of 317. That makes it the 131st largest of the 240 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 424 residents.

Panijiya village has 165 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panijiya has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Panijiya covers 119.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panijiya falls under Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panijiya is Chirugoda, about 4.3 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 Panijiya.

Panijiya is about 5.6 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panijiya is in Chakulia tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Chirugoda is about 4.3 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 5.6 km away. Ghātsīla is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jagannathpur (2.4 km), Bhaduakocha (2.7 km) and Baliyaguri (6.6 km).

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

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