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About Panjkosi Village

Panjkosi is a large village in Abohar tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,012, made up of 2,076 males and 1,936 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1689.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjkosi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjkosi village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Firozpur
Tehsil Abohar
Pincode 152128
Area (hectares) 1689.62 hectares
Population 4,012
Male Population 2,076
Female Population 1,936
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Panjkosi compares

By the 2011 count Panjkosi is the 29th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents. Its 1689.62 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Panjkosi

Panjkosi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Panjkosi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjkosi from other places

Panjkosi lies about 99 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Panj Kosi, about 3.8 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 Panjkosi
Nearest railway station Panj Kosi 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Abohar 13 km
District headquarters Firozpur 99 km

Villages closest to Panjkosi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjkosi village had a population of 4,012. That makes it the 29th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,921 residents.

Panjkosi village has 2,076 males and 1,936 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjkosi has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Panjkosi is 152128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjkosi covers 1689.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panjkosi falls under Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panjkosi is Panj Kosi, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panjkosi.

Panjkosi is about 99 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjkosi is in Abohar tehsil of Firozpur district. Panj Kosi is about 3.8 km away. Abohar is about 13 km away. Firozpur is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Danewala Satkosi (2.7 km), Haripura (4.7 km) and Saiyadwala (6.0 km).

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

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