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About Panjgrain Village

Panjgrain is a large village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,238, made up of 1,726 males and 1,512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143505, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjgrain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjgrain village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143505
Area (hectares) 421 hectares
Population 3,238
Male Population 1,726
Female Population 1,512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panjgrain compares

By the 2011 count Panjgrain is the 27th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 421 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Panjgrain

Panjgrain is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panjgrain as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjgrain from other places

Panjgrain lies about 32 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Vadala Granthin, about 6.2 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 Panjgrain
Nearest railway station Vadala Granthin 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 8.2 km
Nearest town Batāla 8.2 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 32 km

Villages closest to Panjgrain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjgrain village had a population of 3,238. That makes it the 27th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Panjgrain village has 1,726 males and 1,512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjgrain has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Panjgrain is 143505. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjgrain covers 421 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panjgrain falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panjgrain is Vadala Granthin, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Panjgrain.

Panjgrain is about 32 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjgrain is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Vadala Granthin is about 6.2 km away. Batala is about 8.2 km away. Batāla is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daulatpur (under 2 km), Dhaulpur (under 2 km) and Sangrai (under 2 km).

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

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