About Panchala Village

Panchala is a mid sized village in Rajura tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,012, made up of 507 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 677 hectares hectares.

Panchala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Rajura
Area (hectares)	677 hectares
Population	1,012
Male Population	507
Female Population	505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panchala compares

By the 2011 count Panchala is the 34th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 677 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 956.

Getting to Panchala

Panchala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchala 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchala from other places

Panchala lies about 26 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Wihirgaon, about 5.0 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 Panchala
Nearest railway station	Wihirgaon	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajura	9.8 km
Nearest town	Rājūra	9.8 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	26 km

Villages closest to Panchala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchala village had a population of 1,012. That makes it the 34th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Panchala village has 507 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchala has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 956.

Panchala covers 677 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchala falls under Rajura tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Panchala is Wihirgaon, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Panchala.

Panchala is about 26 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchala is in Rajura tehsil of Chandrapur district. Wihirgaon is about 5.0 km away. Rajura is about 9.8 km away. Rājūra is about 9.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.