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About Penda Village

Penda is a mid sized village in Kinwat tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,054, made up of 548 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 221.33 hectares hectares.

Penda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kinwat
Area (hectares) 221.33 hectares
Population 1,054
Male Population 548
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penda compares

By the 2011 count Penda is the 75th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents. Its 221.33 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Penda

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

Penda lies about 96 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Bodhadi Bujrug, about 6.9 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 Penda
Nearest railway station Bodhadi Bujrug 6.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Kinwat 12 km
District headquarters Nanded 96 km

Villages closest to Penda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penda village had a population of 1,054. That makes it the 75th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents.

Penda village has 548 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penda has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Penda covers 221.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penda falls under Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Penda is Bodhadi Bujrug, about 6.9 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 Penda.

Penda is about 96 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penda is in Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district. Bodhadi Bujrug is about 6.9 km away. Kinwat is about 12 km away. Nanded is about 96 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pardi (2.2 km), Pardi Bk (2.2 km) and Pardi Kh (2.2 km).

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

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