About Panchkatiya Village

Panchkatiya is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,563, made up of 810 males and 753 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchkatiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchkatiya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	268 hectares
Population	1,563
Male Population	810
Female Population	753
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchkatiya compares

By the 2011 count Panchkatiya is the 23rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 268 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 1008.

Getting to Panchkatiya

Panchkatiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchkatiya as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Panchkatiya from other places

Panchkatiya lies about 19 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.7 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 Panchkatiya
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	3.7 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	19 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	19 km

Villages closest to Panchkatiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchkatiya village had a population of 1,563. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Panchkatiya village has 810 males and 753 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchkatiya has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Panchkatiya is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchkatiya covers 268 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchkatiya falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchkatiya is Karanpurato, about 3.7 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 village for Panchkatiya.

Panchkatiya is about 19 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchkatiya is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.7 km away. Rājmahal is about 10 km away. Barhait is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.