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About Penur Village

Penur is a mid sized village in Purna tehsil, in the district of Parbhani, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,559, made up of 833 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 604.37 hectares hectares.

Penur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penur village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Parbhani
Tehsil Purna
Area (hectares) 604.37 hectares
Population 1,559
Male Population 833
Female Population 726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penur compares

By the 2011 count Penur is the 35th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents. Its 604.37 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Penur

Penur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Penur from other places

Penur lies about 40 km from Parbhani, and the nearest railway station is Chudawa, about 10 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 Penur
Nearest railway station Chudawa 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Purna 13 km
Nearest town Pūrna 13 km
District headquarters Parbhani 40 km

Villages closest to Penur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penur village had a population of 1,559. That makes it the 35th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,637 residents.

Penur village has 833 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penur has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Penur covers 604.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penur falls under Purna tehsil of Parbhani district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Penur is Chudawa, about 10 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 km distance for Penur.

Penur is about 40 km from Parbhani in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penur is in Purna tehsil of Parbhani district. Chudawa is about 10 km away. Purna is about 13 km away. Pūrna is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Satephal Tarf Kaulgaon (3.5 km), Dhanora Motya (3.8 km) and Pimpalgaon Sarangi (4.0 km).

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

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