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About Panwas Village

Panwas is a small village in Ghansaur tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 476, made up of 231 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240.55 hectares hectares.

Panwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panwas village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Seoni
Tehsil Ghansaur
Area (hectares) 240.55 hectares
Population 476
Male Population 231
Female Population 245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panwas compares

By the 2011 count Panwas is the 120th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 593 residents. Its 240.55 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Panwas

Panwas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panwas 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 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 88 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Mandla Fort, about 17 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
Nearest railway station Mandla Fort 17 km
Nearest town Mandlā 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansaur 26 km
District headquarters Seoni 88 km

Villages closest to Panwas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghansaur 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 476. That makes it the 120th largest of the 215 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 593 residents.

Panwas village has 231 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panwas has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Panwas covers 240.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Panwas is Mandla Fort, about 17 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 - 10 km distance for Panwas.

Panwas is about 88 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 Ghansaur tehsil of Seoni district. Mandla Fort is about 17 km away. Mandlā is about 18 km away. Ghansaur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajarwada (under 2 km), Palhera (2.2 km) and Padariya (5.2 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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