About Panapila Village

Panapila is a mid sized village in Mangalore tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,625, made up of 804 males and 821 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574236, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panapila Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panapila village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Mangalore
Pincode	574236
Area (hectares)	681.59 hectares
Population	1,625
Male Population	804
Female Population	821
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panapila compares

By the 2011 count Panapila is the 57th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents. Its 681.59 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1060.

Getting to Panapila

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

Panapila lies about 37 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Bantawal, about 29 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 Panapila
Nearest town	Mūdbidri	12 km
Nearest railway station	Bantawal	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangalore	34 km
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	37 km

Villages closest to Panapila

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panapila village had a population of 1,625. That makes it the 57th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,838 residents.

Panapila village has 804 males and 821 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panapila has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1060.

The pincode recorded for Panapila is 574236. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panapila covers 681.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panapila falls under Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Panapila is Bantawal, about 29 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 Panapila.

Panapila is about 37 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panapila is in Mangalore tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Mūdbidri is about 12 km away. Bantawal is about 29 km away. Mangalore is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.