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About Panjir Village

Panjir is a mid sized village in Goharganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 602, made up of 302 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4157 hectares hectares.

Panjir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjir village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Goharganj
Area (hectares) 4157 hectares
Population 602
Male Population 302
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panjir compares

By the 2011 count Panjir is the 89th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 719 residents. Its 4157 hectares work out to about 0.1 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, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Panjir

Panjir is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Panjir 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjir from other places

Panjir lies about 30 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Barkhera, about 21 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 Panjir
Tehsil headquarters Goharganj 12 km
Nearest railway station Barkhera 21 km
Nearest town Ubaidullāhganj 22 km
District headquarters Raisen 30 km

Villages closest to Panjir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjir village had a population of 602. That makes it the 89th largest of the 217 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 719 residents.

Panjir village has 302 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjir has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Panjir covers 4157 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panjir falls under Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panjir is Barkhera, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Panjir.

Panjir is about 30 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjir is in Goharganj tehsil of Raisen district. Goharganj is about 12 km away. Barkhera is about 21 km away. Ubaidullāhganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lulka (3.9 km), Nandora (5.7 km) and Kamton Kansiya (5.7 km).

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

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