About Panam Village

Panam is a large village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,277, made up of 1,124 males and 1,153 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 702 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144532, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panam village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144532
Area (hectares)	702 hectares
Population	2,277
Male Population	1,124
Female Population	1,153
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panam compares

By the 2011 count Panam is the 24th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 702 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Panam

Panam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panam from other places

Panam lies about 46 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 3.3 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 Panam
Nearest railway station	Alachor	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	4.3 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	7.4 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	46 km

Villages closest to Panam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panam village had a population of 2,277. That makes it the 24th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Panam village has 1,124 males and 1,153 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panam has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Panam is 144532. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panam covers 702 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panam falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panam is Alachor, about 3.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panam.

Panam is about 46 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panam is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about 3.3 km away. Garhshankar is about 4.3 km away. Nawanshahr is about 7.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.