Document and Entity Information (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 01, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	PANHANDLE OIL & GAS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000315131
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2013
Amendment Flag	true
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2013
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--09-30
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 201,942,992
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		8,231,254
Amendment Description	The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2013, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2013 ("Original Form 10-K"), is to amend the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to include the signatures of our registered independent registered public accounting firm. These two reports shown on pages 44 and 45 of the Original Form 10-K were shown without the registered independent public accounting firm's signatures. Except as described above, this Amendment does not modify or update the disclosures presented in, or exhibits to, the Original Form 10-K in any way. Those sections of the Original Form 10-K that are unaffected by this Amendment are not included herein. This Amendment continues to speak as of the date of the Original Form 10-K. Other than the furnishing of these two reports from our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm with its signatures as described above, this Amendment has no impact on the Company's previously reported audited financial statements and notes thereto as of September 30, 2013. Furthermore, this Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Original 10-K Filing. Accordingly, this Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Original Form 10-K, as well as the Company's other filings made with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the filing of the Original Form 10-K.