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About Penera Village

Penera is a mid sized village in Vishnupur tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,026, made up of 543 males and 483 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722157, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penera village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Vishnupur
Pincode 722157
Area (hectares) 227.88 hectares
Population 1,026
Male Population 543
Female Population 483
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Penera compares

By the 2011 count Penera is the 53rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,066 residents. Its 227.88 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Penera

Penera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Paikpara, Paschim Nischinatapur, Patalpur and Patlapur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Penera

As per the Census of India 2011, Penera village had a population of 1,026. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,066 residents.

Penera village has 543 males and 483 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penera has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Penera is 722157. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penera covers 227.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penera falls under Vishnupur tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Penera notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Penera.

Penera is in Vishnupur tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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