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About Panchur Village

Panchur is a small village in Chaubattakhal tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 113 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,265 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246162, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchur village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Chaubattakhal
Pincode 246162
Area (hectares) 156.13 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 113
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,265
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchur compares

By the 2011 count Panchur is the 40th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 155 residents. Its 156.13 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Panchur

Panchur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Panchur from other places

Panchur lies about 33 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 44 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 Panchur
Tehsil headquarters Chaubattakhal 6.5 km
Nearest town Pauri 18 km
District headquarters Garhwal 33 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 44 km

Villages closest to Panchur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchur village had a population of 256. That makes it the 40th largest of the 242 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 155 residents.

Panchur village has 113 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchur has about 1265 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Panchur is 246162. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchur covers 156.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchur falls under Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchur is Kotdwara, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Panchur.

Panchur is about 33 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchur is in Chaubattakhal tehsil of Garhwal district. Chaubattakhal is about 6.5 km away. Pauri is about 18 km away. Garhwal is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barsu (under 2 km), Mankot (1.5 km) and Khairkhunt (1.7 km).

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

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