About Panch Gachhia Village

Panch Gachhia is a large village in Baruipur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,710, made up of 2,353 males and 2,357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743391, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panch Gachhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panch Gachhia village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil	Baruipur
Pincode	743391
Area (hectares)	168.47 hectares
Population	4,710
Male Population	2,353
Female Population	2,357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Panch Gachhia compares

By the 2011 count Panch Gachhia is the 14th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents. Its 168.47 hectares work out to about 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Panch Gachhia

Panch Gachhia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Panch Gachhia as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panch Gachhia from other places

Panch Gachhia lies about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Gocharan, 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 Panch Gachhia
Nearest railway station	Gocharan	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baruipur	10 km
District headquarters	South Twenty Four Parganas	14 km

Villages closest to Panch Gachhia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baruipur 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 Panch Gachhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Panch Gachhia village had a population of 4,710. That makes it the 14th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,589 residents.

Panch Gachhia village has 2,353 males and 2,357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panch Gachhia has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Panch Gachhia is 743391. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panch Gachhia covers 168.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 28 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panch Gachhia falls under Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panch Gachhia is Gocharan, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Panch Gachhia.

Panch Gachhia is about 14 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panch Gachhia is in Baruipur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Gocharan is about under 2 km away. Baruipur is about 10 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.