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About Panitara Village

Panitara is a small village in Kumarganj tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 132 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panitara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panitara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Kumarganj
Pincode 733141
Area (hectares) 97.45 hectares
Population 249
Male Population 132
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
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 Panitara compares

By the 2011 count Panitara is the 173rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 814 residents. Its 97.45 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 941.

Getting to Panitara

Panitara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panitara 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. The nearest villages by name are Nizamtara, Paik Jhara, Paik Mulgaon and Paikpara. 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 Panitara

As per the Census of India 2011, Panitara village had a population of 249. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 814 residents.

Panitara village has 132 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panitara has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Panitara is 733141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panitara covers 97.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panitara falls under Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Panitara notes the nearest railway station 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 Panitara.

Panitara is in Kumarganj tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur 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 Panitara today is likely to be higher.

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