About Panchita Village

Panchita is one of the larger villages in Bongaon tehsil, in the district of North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,148, made up of 2,703 males and 2,445 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 356.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743251, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panchita Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panchita village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	North Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Bongaon
Pincode	743251
Area (hectares)	356.18 hectares
Population	5,148
Male Population	2,703
Female Population	2,445
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Panchita compares

By the 2011 count Panchita is the 12th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents. Its 356.18 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Panchita

Panchita is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panchita as Available within village. 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 Panchita from other places

Panchita lies about 33 km from North Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Satberia Halt, about 7.3 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 Panchita
Tehsil headquarters	Bongaon	6.9 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	6.9 km
Nearest railway station	Satberia Halt	7.3 km
District headquarters	North Twenty Four Parganas	33 km

Villages closest to Panchita

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panchita village had a population of 5,148. That makes it the 12th largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,556 residents.

Panchita village has 2,703 males and 2,445 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panchita has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Panchita is 743251. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panchita covers 356.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Panchita falls under Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panchita is Satberia Halt, about 7.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Panchita.

Panchita is about 33 km from North Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panchita is in Bongaon tehsil of North Twenty Four Parganas district. Bongaon is about 6.9 km away. Bangaon is about 6.9 km away. Satberia Halt is about 7.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.