About Panjikal Village

Panjikal is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,092, made up of 1,508 males and 1,584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,050 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjikal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjikal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Bantval
Pincode	574211
Area (hectares)	753.2 hectares
Population	3,092
Male Population	1,508
Female Population	1,584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,050
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjikal compares

By the 2011 count Panjikal is the 42nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 753.2 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Panjikal

Panjikal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjikal 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 Panjikal from other places

Panjikal lies about 23 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bantawal, about 6.6 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 Panjikal
Tehsil headquarters	Bantval	5.3 km
Nearest town	Bantvāl	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bantawal	6.6 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	23 km

Villages closest to Panjikal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjikal village had a population of 3,092. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Panjikal village has 1,508 males and 1,584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjikal has about 1050 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Panjikal is 574211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjikal covers 753.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjikal falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Panjikal is Bantawal, about 6.6 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 Panjikal.

Panjikal is about 23 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjikal is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Bantval is about 5.3 km away. Bantvāl is about 5.3 km away. Bantawal is about 6.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.