About Penawada Village

Penawada is a mid sized village in Shahbad tehsil, in the district of Baran, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 707 males and 671 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 265 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 325216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penawada village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Baran
Tehsil	Shahbad
Pincode	325216
Area (hectares)	265 hectares
Population	1,378
Male Population	707
Female Population	671
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Penawada compares

By the 2011 count Penawada is the 29th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 265 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Penawada

Penawada is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penawada 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 Penawada from other places

Penawada lies about 36 km from Baran, and the nearest railway station is Chhajawa, about 32 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 Penawada
Tehsil headquarters	Shahbad	32 km
Nearest railway station	Chhajawa	32 km
District headquarters	Baran	36 km
Nearest town	Bārān	36 km

Villages closest to Penawada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Penawada village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 29th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Penawada village has 707 males and 671 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penawada has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

The pincode recorded for Penawada is 325216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penawada covers 265 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penawada falls under Shahbad tehsil of Baran district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Penawada is Chhajawa, about 32 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 Penawada.

Penawada is about 36 km from Baran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Penawada is in Shahbad tehsil of Baran district. Shahbad is about 32 km away. Chhajawa is about 32 km away. Baran is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.