About Papal Village

Papal is a large village in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil, in the district of Amravati, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,158, made up of 1,587 males and 1,571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1580.21 hectares hectares.

Papal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Papal village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Amravati
Tehsil	Nandgaon Khandeshwar
Area (hectares)	1580.21 hectares
Population	3,158
Male Population	1,587
Female Population	1,571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Papal compares

By the 2011 count Papal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 998 residents. Its 1580.21 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 941.

Getting to Papal

Papal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Papal as Available within village. 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 Papal from other places

Papal lies about 34 km from Amravati, and the nearest railway station is Kuram, 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 Papal
Tehsil headquarters	Nandgaon Khandeshwar	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kuram	21 km
Nearest town	Ner	25 km
District headquarters	Amravati	34 km

Villages closest to Papal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nandgaon Khandeshwar 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.

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Common questions about Papal

As per the Census of India 2011, Papal village had a population of 3,158. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 998 residents.

Papal village has 1,587 males and 1,571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Papal has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Papal covers 1580.21 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.

Papal falls under Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Papal is Kuram, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Papal.

Papal is about 34 km from Amravati in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Papal is in Nandgaon Khandeshwar tehsil of Amravati district. Nandgaon Khandeshwar is about 16 km away. Kuram is about 21 km away. Ner is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.