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About Panjipara Village

Panjipara is one of the larger villages in Goalpokhar I tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12,376, made up of 6,934 males and 5,442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panjipara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panjipara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil Goalpokhar I
Pincode 733208
Area (hectares) 416.82 hectares
Population 12,376
Male Population 6,934
Female Population 5,442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 785
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Panjipara compares

By the 2011 count Panjipara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents. Its 416.82 hectares work out to about 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Panjipara

The census records public bus service for Panjipara 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Panjipara from other places

Panjipara lies about 26 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Panjipara, 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 Panjipara
Nearest railway station Panjipara under 2 km
Nearest town Kishanganj 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Goalpokhar I 26 km
District headquarters Uttar Dinajpur 26 km

Villages closest to Panjipara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar I 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 Panjipara

As per the Census of India 2011, Panjipara village had a population of 12,376. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,223 residents.

Panjipara village has 6,934 males and 5,442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panjipara has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Panjipara is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panjipara covers 416.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Panjipara falls under Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Panjipara is Panjipara, 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Panjipara.

Panjipara is about 26 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panjipara is in Goalpokhar I tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Panjipara is about under 2 km away. Kishanganj is about 7.6 km away. Goalpokhar I is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhotar (2.7 km), Dakshin Sahapur (2.8 km) and Madhya Sahapur (2.8 km).

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

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