About Panighata Village

Panighata is one of the larger villages in Mirik tehsil, in the district of Darjiling, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,235, made up of 2,595 males and 2,640 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 925.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 734423, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panighata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panighata village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Darjiling
Tehsil	Mirik
Pincode	734423
Area (hectares)	925.12 hectares
Population	5,235
Male Population	2,595
Female Population	2,640
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panighata compares

By the 2011 count Panighata is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents. Its 925.12 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Panighata

Panighata is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panighata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Panighata from other places

Panighata lies about 28 km from Darjiling, and the nearest railway station is Gayabari, about 11 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 Panighata
Nearest town	Naksalbāri	11 km
Nearest railway station	Gayabari	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mirik	13 km
District headquarters	Darjiling	28 km

Villages closest to Panighata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panighata village had a population of 5,235. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,208 residents.

Panighata village has 2,595 males and 2,640 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panighata has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Panighata is 734423. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panighata covers 925.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panighata falls under Mirik tehsil of Darjiling district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panighata is Gayabari, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panighata.

Panighata is about 28 km from Darjiling in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panighata is in Mirik tehsil of Darjiling district. Naksalbāri is about 11 km away. Gayabari is about 11 km away. Mirik is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.