About Panchghar Village

Panchghar is a mid sized village in Shahapur tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 822, made up of 392 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 421601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchghar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Shahapur
Pincode	421601
Area (hectares)	271 hectares
Population	822
Male Population	392
Female Population	430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchghar compares

By the 2011 count Panchghar is the 114th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents. Its 271 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Panchghar

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

Panchghar lies about 68 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Umbermali, about 17 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 Panchghar
Nearest railway station	Umbermali	17 km
Nearest town	Igatpuri	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahapur	30 km
District headquarters	Thane	68 km

Villages closest to Panchghar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchghar village had a population of 822. That makes it the 114th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,111 residents.

Panchghar village has 392 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchghar has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Panchghar is 421601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchghar covers 271 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchghar falls under Shahapur tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Panchghar is Umbermali, about 17 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 Panchghar.

Panchghar is about 68 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchghar is in Shahapur tehsil of Thane district. Umbermali is about 17 km away. Igatpuri is about 29 km away. Shahapur is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.