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About Panch Tentula Village

Panch Tentula is a small village in Illambazar tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 391, made up of 201 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 59.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panch Tentula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panch Tentula village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Birbhum
Tehsil Illambazar
Pincode 731214
Area (hectares) 59.8 hectares
Population 391
Male Population 201
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panch Tentula compares

By the 2011 count Panch Tentula is the 106th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents. Its 59.8 hectares work out to about 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

Getting to Panch Tentula

Panch Tentula is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panch Tentula as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Panch Tentula from other places

Panch Tentula lies about 4.1 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Swadinpur, about 4.1 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 Panch Tentula
Tehsil headquarters Illambazar 4.1 km
District headquarters Birbhum 4.1 km
Nearest railway station Swadinpur 4.1 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 5.1 km

Villages closest to Panch Tentula

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Illambazar 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 Panch Tentula

As per the Census of India 2011, Panch Tentula village had a population of 391. That makes it the 106th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,272 residents.

Panch Tentula village has 201 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panch Tentula has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 944.

The pincode recorded for Panch Tentula is 731214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panch Tentula covers 59.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panch Tentula falls under Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panch Tentula is Swadinpur, about 4.1 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Panch Tentula.

Panch Tentula is about 4.1 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panch Tentula is in Illambazar tehsil of Birbhum district. Illambazar is about 4.1 km away. Birbhum is about 4.1 km away. Swadinpur is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shibpur (2.6 km), Paschim Narayanpur (3.2 km) and Purbba Narayanpur (3.2 km).

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

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