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About Penkalia Village

Penkalia is a small village in Garbeta I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 145 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penkalia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penkalia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Garbeta I
Pincode 721127
Area (hectares) 75.73 hectares
Population 303
Male Population 145
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penkalia compares

By the 2011 count Penkalia is the 183rd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 724 residents. Its 75.73 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Penkalia

Penkalia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Penkalia as Available within 10+ 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 Patharisol, Pathra, Patpur and Payrabansi. 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 Penkalia

As per the Census of India 2011, Penkalia village had a population of 303. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 724 residents.

Penkalia village has 145 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penkalia has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Penkalia is 721127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Penkalia covers 75.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Penkalia falls under Garbeta I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Penkalia notes the nearest railway station 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 <5 km distance for Penkalia.

Penkalia is in Garbeta I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Penkalia today is likely to be higher.

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