# Panchamba Village, Bhikangaon, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bhikangaon, Khargone 

# Panchamba

Panchamba is a village in Bhikangaon sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **725 people in 146 households**, the 93rd largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 61.6%.

- 725people (2011)
- 146households
- 50.3%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Panchamba PIN code and other codes

Panchamba falls in Bhikangaon sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBhikangaon
- Census village code477447

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Panchamba from nearby towns?

- Bhikangaon (sub-district HQ)1 km by road
- Khargone (district HQ)39 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Panchamba?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Panchamba; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Bhikangaon
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Bhikangaon
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Khargone
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)10 h summer · 14 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Panchamba known for?

The main crops are **cotton, soyabean and wheat**. About 52% of the 341 hectares of village land is sown, and 121 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Panchamba

Of every 100 households in Panchamba in 2011, 42 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Panchamba · ■ Bhikangaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**77%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**91%

Tap water ****11%**

**34%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**95%

Use banking services ****1%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**0%

None of these assets ****35%**

**50%

Own their home ****90%**

**95%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Panchamba?

■ Panchamba · ■ Bhikangaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.3%**

**61.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**971

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**936

Working population ****58.9%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.1% for men and 40.9% for women. 60% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (83%) · **■** Household industry 24 (6%) · **■** Other work 38 (9%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bhikangaon

- Shakarkhedi755 people
- Somwada745 people
- Kavdiakhal735 people
- Chaundi733 people
- Aawaliya711 people
- Valka703 people
- Singar Chaudi694 people
- Badiya678 people

[All 145 villages in Bhikangaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/bhikangaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Panchamba from Khargone?39 km by road
- What is the population of Panchamba?725 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Panchamba in?Khargone district (Bhikangaon sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Panchamba?50.3% (Census 2011)