About Panra Village

Panra is a mid sized village in Bagmundi tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,000, made up of 530 males and 470 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Puruliya
Tehsil	Bagmundi
Pincode	723143
Area (hectares)	322.54 hectares
Population	1,000
Male Population	530
Female Population	470
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Panra compares

By the 2011 count Panra is the 48th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 986 residents. Its 322.54 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 963.

Getting to Panra

Panra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Panra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panra from other places

Panra lies about 25 km from Puruliya, and the nearest railway station is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 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 Panra
Nearest railway station	Rukni Junction	6.3 km
Nearest town	Raghunathpur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagmundi	25 km
District headquarters	Puruliya	25 km

Villages closest to Panra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Panra village had a population of 1,000. That makes it the 48th largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 986 residents.

Panra village has 530 males and 470 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panra has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Panra is 723143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panra covers 322.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panra falls under Bagmundi tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panra is Rukni Junction, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panra.

Panra is about 25 km from Puruliya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panra is in Bagmundi tehsil of Puruliya district. Rukni Junction is about 6.3 km away. Raghunathpur is about 17 km away. Bagmundi is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.