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About Panjra Village

Panjra is a mid sized village in Bankhedi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 738, made up of 379 males and 359 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 269.62 hectares hectares.

Panjra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjra village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Bankhedi
Area (hectares) 269.62 hectares
Population 738
Male Population 379
Female Population 359
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panjra compares

By the 2011 count Panjra is the 55th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 269.62 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Panjra

Panjra is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panjra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjra from other places

Panjra lies about 12 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Powerkheda, about 7.5 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 Panjra
Nearest railway station Powerkheda 7.5 km
Nearest town Itārsi 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bankhedi 12 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 12 km

Villages closest to Panjra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjra village had a population of 738. That makes it the 55th largest of the 120 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Panjra village has 379 males and 359 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjra has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Panjra covers 269.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjra falls under Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panjra is Powerkheda, about 7.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panjra.

Panjra is about 12 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjra is in Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Powerkheda is about 7.5 km away. Itārsi is about 9.7 km away. Bankhedi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patha (7.0 km), Chandon (9.4 km) and Banwari Kishor (11 km).

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

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