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About Panchur Village

Panchur is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 32 males and 32 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, 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 Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 71.24 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 32
Female Population 32
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchur compares

By the 2011 count Panchur is the 161st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 71.24 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Panchur

Panchur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Panchur 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 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 22 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 23 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 Yamkeshwar 5.0 km
District headquarters Garhwal 22 km
Nearest town Rishīkesh 23 km
Nearest railway station Virbhadra 23 km

Villages closest to Panchur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Yamkeshwar 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 64. That makes it the 161st largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Panchur village has 32 males and 32 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Panchur is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchur covers 71.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Panchur falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Panchur is Virbhadra, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Panchur.

Panchur is about 22 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 Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 5.0 km away. Garhwal is about 22 km away. Rishīkesh is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thangar (under 2 km), Amgaon (under 2 km) and Amgaun (under 2 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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