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About Panwas Village

Panwas is a mid sized village in Barghat tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 636 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.23 hectares hectares.

Panwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panwas village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Barghat
Area (hectares) 306.23 hectares
Population 1,239
Male Population 636
Female Population 603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panwas compares

By the 2011 count Panwas is the 72nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents. Its 306.23 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Panwas

Panwas is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panwas as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Panwas from other places

Panwas lies about 28 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, 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 Panwas
Tehsil headquarters Barghat 11 km
Nearest railway station Katangi 19 km
District headquarters Seoni 28 km

Villages closest to Panwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panwas village had a population of 1,239. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,370 residents.

Panwas village has 636 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panwas has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Panwas covers 306.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panwas falls under Barghat tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panwas is Katangi, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Panwas.

Panwas is about 28 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panwas is in Barghat tehsil of Seoni district. Barghat is about 11 km away. Katangi is about 19 km away. Seoni is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Takhla Kalan (under 2 km), Sajanwada (under 2 km) and Kanhargaon (2.4 km).

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

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