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About Panihar Village

Panihar is a mid sized village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,821, made up of 901 males and 920 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 214.12 hectares hectares.

Panihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panihar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 214.12 hectares
Population 1,821
Male Population 901
Female Population 920
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,021
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panihar compares

By the 2011 count Panihar is the 119th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 214.12 hectares work out to about 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Panihar

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

Panihar lies about 31 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Kirakat, about 6.3 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 Panihar
Nearest railway station Kirakat 6.3 km
Nearest town Lalganj 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 31 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 31 km

Villages closest to Panihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panihar village had a population of 1,821. That makes it the 119th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Panihar village has 901 males and 920 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panihar has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1071.

Panihar covers 214.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panihar falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Panihar is Kirakat, about 6.3 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 and private bus service as Available for Panihar.

Panihar is about 31 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panihar is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Kirakat is about 6.3 km away. Lalganj is about 15 km away. Kerakat is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Senapur (under 2 km), Bisapur (under 2 km) and Kukraundha (under 2 km).

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

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