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About Panjipukur Village

Panjipukur is a mid sized village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 587, made up of 307 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 46.9 hectares hectares.

Panjipukur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjipukur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares) 46.9 hectares
Population 587
Male Population 307
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
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 Panjipukur compares

By the 2011 count Panjipukur is the 152nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 46.9 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Panjipukur

Panjipukur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Panjipukur 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 Panjipukur from other places

Panjipukur lies about 34 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Patipukur, about under 2 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 Panjipukur
Nearest railway station Patipukur under 2 km
Nearest town Dam Dam 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Polba Dadpur 34 km
District headquarters Hugli 34 km

Villages closest to Panjipukur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 Panjipukur

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjipukur village had a population of 587. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Panjipukur village has 307 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjipukur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Panjipukur covers 46.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panjipukur falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panjipukur is Patipukur, about under 2 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 Panjipukur.

Panjipukur is about 34 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjipukur is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Patipukur is about under 2 km away. Dam Dam is about 4.4 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atpukur (under 2 km), Bali Kukhari (8.1 km) and Balichara (8.1 km).

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

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