About Pakhal Village

Pakhal is a mid sized village in Sedam tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 526 males and 496 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 566.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakhal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Sedam
Pincode	585318
Area (hectares)	566.03 hectares
Population	1,022
Male Population	526
Female Population	496
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pakhal compares

By the 2011 count Pakhal is the 60th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents. Its 566.03 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Pakhal

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

Pakhal lies about 74 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Kurgunta, about 24 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 Pakhal
Nearest town	Gurmatkāl	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kurgunta	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sedam	26 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	74 km

Villages closest to Pakhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakhal village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 60th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,584 residents.

Pakhal village has 526 males and 496 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakhal has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Pakhal is 585318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakhal covers 566.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pakhal falls under Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Pakhal is Kurgunta, about 24 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 village for Pakhal.

Pakhal is about 74 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pakhal is in Sedam tehsil of Gulbarga district. Gurmatkāl is about 14 km away. Kurgunta is about 24 km away. Sedam is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.