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About Penchi Village

Penchi is a large village in Chachaura tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,689, made up of 1,363 males and 1,326 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349 hectares hectares.

Penchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penchi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Guna
Tehsil Chachaura
Area (hectares) 349 hectares
Population 2,689
Male Population 1,363
Female Population 1,326
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Penchi compares

By the 2011 count Penchi is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 704 residents. Its 349 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Penchi

Penchi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Penchi 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Penchi from other places

Penchi lies about 65 km from Guna, and the nearest railway station is Chachaura Binaganj, about 4.8 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 Penchi
Tehsil headquarters Chachaura 4.7 km
Nearest town Chāchaura 4.7 km
Nearest railway station Chachaura Binaganj 4.8 km
District headquarters Guna 65 km

Villages closest to Penchi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penchi village had a population of 2,689. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 704 residents.

Penchi village has 1,363 males and 1,326 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penchi has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 912.

Penchi covers 349 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Penchi falls under Chachaura tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Penchi is Chachaura Binaganj, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Penchi.

Penchi is about 65 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penchi is in Chachaura tehsil of Guna district. Chachaura is about 4.7 km away. Chāchaura is about 4.7 km away. Chachaura Binaganj is about 4.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kirwada (under 2 km), Bamori (1.7 km) and Muhasa Kalan (2.3 km).

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

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