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About Panhal Village

Panhal is a mid sized village in Dahi tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,654, made up of 837 males and 817 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1076.1 hectares hectares.

Panhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panhal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Dahi
Area (hectares) 1076.1 hectares
Population 1,654
Male Population 837
Female Population 817
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Panhal compares

By the 2011 count Panhal is the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents. Its 1076.1 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Panhal

Panhal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panhal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panhal from other places

Panhal lies about 94 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Alirajpur, 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 Panhal
Tehsil headquarters Dahi 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Alirajpur 19 km
District headquarters Dhar 94 km

Villages closest to Panhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panhal village had a population of 1,654. That makes it the 30th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,733 residents.

Panhal village has 837 males and 817 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panhal has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 993.

Panhal covers 1076.1 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.

Panhal falls under Dahi tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panhal is Alirajpur, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panhal.

Panhal is about 94 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panhal is in Dahi tehsil of Dhar district. Dahi is about 9.7 km away. Alirajpur is about 19 km away. Dhar is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nalwaniya (2.8 km), Karjwani (3.7 km) and Khatami (5.2 km).

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

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