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About Panchhat Village

Panchhat is a large village in Phagwara tehsil, in the district of Kapurthala, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,477, made up of 2,420 males and 2,057 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 985.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchhat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchhat village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Kapurthala
Tehsil Phagwara
Pincode 144408
Area (hectares) 985.45 hectares
Population 4,477
Male Population 2,420
Female Population 2,057
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchhat compares

By the 2011 count Panchhat is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 985.45 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Panchhat

Panchhat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchhat 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchhat from other places

Panchhat lies about 47 km from Kapurthala, and the nearest railway station is Kultham Abdulla Shah, 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 Panchhat
Nearest railway station Kultham Abdulla Shah 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Phagwara 16 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 16 km
District headquarters Kapurthala 47 km

Villages closest to Panchhat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchhat village had a population of 4,477. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Panchhat village has 2,420 males and 2,057 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchhat has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Panchhat is 144408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchhat covers 985.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchhat falls under Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Panchhat is Kultham Abdulla Shah, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Panchhat.

Panchhat is about 47 km from Kapurthala in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchhat is in Phagwara tehsil of Kapurthala district. Kultham Abdulla Shah is about 15 km away. Phagwara is about 16 km away. Phagwāra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balrampur (1.7 km), Nasirabad (3.5 km) and Maio Patti (3.6 km).

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

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