About Panigan Village

Panigan is a small village in Kokasara tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 287, made up of 145 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766019, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panigan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panigan village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kokasara
Pincode	766019
Area (hectares)	124 hectares
Population	287
Male Population	145
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	979
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panigan compares

By the 2011 count Panigan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 124 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Panigan

Panigan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panigan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Panigan from other places

Panigan lies about 16 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 15 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 Panigan
Nearest railway station	Nayagarh Town	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kokasara	16 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	16 km
Nearest town	Khordha	50 km

Villages closest to Panigan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panigan village had a population of 287. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Panigan village has 145 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panigan has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Panigan is 766019. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panigan covers 124 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panigan falls under Kokasara tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Panigan is Nayagarh Town, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panigan.

Panigan is about 16 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panigan is in Kokasara tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 15 km away. Kokasara is about 16 km away. Kalahandi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.