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About Penchganpalli Village

Penchganpalli is a mid sized village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 954, made up of 477 males and 477 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585324, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penchganpalli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penchganpalli village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Gulbarga
Tehsil Chincholi
Pincode 585324
Area (hectares) 633.71 hectares
Population 954
Male Population 477
Female Population 477
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penchganpalli compares

By the 2011 count Penchganpalli is the 94th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 633.71 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Penchganpalli

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

Penchganpalli lies about 54 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawandgi, about 19 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 Penchganpalli
Tehsil headquarters Chincholi 13 km
Nearest railway station Nawandgi 19 km
District headquarters Gulbarga 54 km

Villages closest to Penchganpalli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penchganpalli village had a population of 954. That makes it the 94th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Penchganpalli village has 477 males and 477 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penchganpalli has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Penchganpalli is 585324. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penchganpalli covers 633.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Penchganpalli falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Penchganpalli is Nawandgi, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Penchganpalli.

Penchganpalli is about 54 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penchganpalli is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Chincholi is about 13 km away. Nawandgi is about 19 km away. Gulbarga is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Yakatpur (2.1 km), Yakapur (2.1 km) and Bedagpalli (3.2 km).

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

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