About Panchur Village

Panchur is a mid sized village in Sarenga tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 345 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Bankura
Tehsil	Sarenga
Pincode	722150
Area (hectares)	119.67 hectares
Population	691
Male Population	345
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
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 55th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 119.67 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

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 31 km from Bankura, and the nearest railway station is Piardoba, about 16 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
Nearest railway station	Piardoba	16 km
Nearest town	Bishnupur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sarenga	27 km
District headquarters	Bankura	31 km

Villages closest to Panchur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchur village had a population of 691. That makes it the 55th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Panchur village has 345 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchur has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Panchur is 722150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchur covers 119.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panchur falls under Sarenga tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panchur is Piardoba, about 16 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 31 km from Bankura in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchur is in Sarenga tehsil of Bankura district. Piardoba is about 16 km away. Bishnupur is about 20 km away. Sarenga is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.