About Pentakali Village

Pentakali is a mid sized village in Mehkar tehsil, in the district of Buldana, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 653 males and 604 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 796.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 443301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pentakali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pentakali village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Buldana
Tehsil	Mehkar
Pincode	443301
Area (hectares)	796.82 hectares
Population	1,257
Male Population	653
Female Population	604
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pentakali compares

By the 2011 count Pentakali is the 59th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 796.82 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Pentakali

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

Pentakali lies about 42 km from Buldana, and the nearest railway station is Khamgaon, about 50 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 Pentakali
Tehsil headquarters	Mehkar	16 km
District headquarters	Buldana	42 km
Nearest railway station	Khamgaon	50 km

Villages closest to Pentakali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pentakali village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 59th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Pentakali village has 653 males and 604 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pentakali has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Pentakali is 443301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pentakali covers 796.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pentakali falls under Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Pentakali is Khamgaon, about 50 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 5 - 10 km distance for Pentakali.

Pentakali is about 42 km from Buldana in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pentakali is in Mehkar tehsil of Buldana district. Mehkar is about 16 km away. Buldana is about 42 km away. Khamgaon is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.