About Panchu Village

Panchu is a mid sized village in Rahe tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,027, made up of 518 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Rahe
Pincode	835102
Area (hectares)	227 hectares
Population	1,027
Male Population	518
Female Population	509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
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 Panchu compares

By the 2011 count Panchu is the 19th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 227 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Panchu

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

Panchu lies about 43 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Kita, about 8.3 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 Panchu
Nearest railway station	Kita	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rahe	8.7 km
Nearest town	Būndu	20 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	43 km

Villages closest to Panchu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchu village had a population of 1,027. That makes it the 19th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Panchu village has 518 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchu has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Panchu is 835102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchu covers 227 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchu falls under Rahe tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchu is Kita, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panchu.

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

Panchu is in Rahe tehsil of Ranchi district. Kita is about 8.3 km away. Rahe is about 8.7 km away. Būndu is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.