About Panchra Village

Panchra is a large village in Khoyrasol tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,412, made up of 1,796 males and 1,616 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Khoyrasol
Pincode	731133
Area (hectares)	207.2 hectares
Population	3,412
Male Population	1,796
Female Population	1,616
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Panchra compares

By the 2011 count Panchra is the 7th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents. Its 207.2 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Panchra

Panchra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Panchra 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panchra from other places

Panchra lies about 66 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Panchra, about 3.8 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 Panchra
Nearest railway station	Panchra	3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khoyrasol	5.4 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	6.3 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	66 km

Villages closest to Panchra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchra village had a population of 3,412. That makes it the 7th largest of the 130 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,179 residents.

Panchra village has 1,796 males and 1,616 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchra has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Panchra is 731133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchra covers 207.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panchra falls under Khoyrasol tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panchra is Panchra, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Panchra is about 66 km from Birbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchra is in Khoyrasol tehsil of Birbhum district. Panchra is about 3.8 km away. Khoyrasol is about 5.4 km away. Dubrājpur is about 6.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.