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About Panjara Village

Panjara is a small village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 352, made up of 179 males and 173 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 248.45 hectares hectares.

Panjara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjara village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Tumsar
Area (hectares) 248.45 hectares
Population 352
Male Population 179
Female Population 173
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 966
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 Panjara compares

By the 2011 count Panjara is the 109th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 248.45 hectares work out to about 1.4 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Panjara

Panjara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panjara 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 Panjara from other places

Panjara lies about 19 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Tumsar Road Junction, about 4.2 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 Panjara
Nearest railway station Tumsar Road Junction 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumsar 6.5 km
District headquarters Bhandara 19 km

Villages closest to Panjara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjara village had a population of 352. That makes it the 109th largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Panjara village has 179 males and 173 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjara has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Panjara covers 248.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panjara falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Panjara is Tumsar Road Junction, about 4.2 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 Panjara.

Panjara is about 19 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjara is in Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Tumsar Road Junction is about 4.2 km away. Tumsar is about 6.5 km away. Bhandara is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paraswada (2.0 km), Mandhal (2.2 km) and Kharabi (2.4 km).

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

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