Pakhanjore
Pakhanjore is a major Nagar Panchayat city in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh state, central India. from Kapsi, from Bhanupratappur, from Durg and about from the state capital Raipur. It is located towards the west from District headquarters Kanker, and from Koylibeda.
Freedom fighters like Gen Singh fought against the British Raj in Paralkot.
Demographics
The Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat has a population of 10,201 of which 5,370 are males while 4,831 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Population of children with age of 0-6 is 1207 which is 11.83% of total population of Pakhanjore. In Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat, Female Sex ratio is of 900 against state average of 991. Moreover, Child Sex Ratio in Pakhanjore is around 904 compared to Chhattisgarh state average of 969. The literacy rate of Pakhanjore city is 86.86%, higher than state average of 70.28%. Male literacy is around 91.64% while female literacy rate is 81.54%.Pakhanjore Tehsil
Pakhanjore is surrounded by Durgukondal Tehsil to the east, Koylibeda Tehsil to the east, Dhanora Tehsil to the west, Bhanupratappur Tehsil to the east. Gadchiroli, Dalli-Rajhara, Kanker, Durg, Bhilai, Raipur are the nearby cities.Apart from this, there are 133 Bengali Sectors in Pakhanjore
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The sub-district code of Pakhanjore block is 03354. There are about 299 villages in Pakhanjore block. Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat, Chhattisgarh.
Transport
RailwayThere is no railway station nearer to Pakhanjore than. However, Durg railway station is a major railway station from Pakhanjore. The second nearest railway station to Pakhanjore is Dalli Rajhara which is located at around distance.
The following table shows other railway stations and its distance
S No | Name of Railway station |
1 | Bhanupratappur railway station |
2 | Durg railway station |
3 | Dalli Rajhara railway station |
4 | Kusumkasa railway station |
5 | Balod railway station |
6 | Sindewahi railway station |
7 | Arjuni railway station |
8 | Kewti railway station |
By Bus
Airport
Pakhanjore nearest airport is Chandrapur Airport situated at 146.9 km distance. Few more airports around Pakhanjore are as follows.
S No | Airport Name |
1 | Chandrapur Airport |
2 | Gondia Airport |
3 | Swami Vivekananda Airport |
Dandakarana project
The Dandakaranya Development Authority was created by the union government in 1958 to assist refugees from East Pakistan. It constructed the Bhaskel Dam and Pakhanjore reservoir; woodworking centres at Jagdalpur, Boregaon, and Umerkote; and roads and railways in the refugee resettlement areas, including the Balangir-Kozilum railway project. A factory that mainly produces aircraft engines is located at Sunabeda. The National Mineral Development Corporation works iron ore at Bailadila. Important towns are Jagdalpur, Bhawanipatna, and Koraput. The project was known as the Dandakaranya Project.To solve an almost intractable human problem, the rehabilitation of a large number of refugees who were uprooted from their homeland in East Pakistan settled at 133 Bengali sectors and areas of Bande, Pakhanjore and Kapsi. Pakhanjore is only connected by the bus route from Durg, Raipur, Kanker, Dalli rajra, Jagdalpur, Chandrapur. Apart from this struggling people are coming forward to study at Durg, Bhilai, and Raipur. Privatization has made Pakhanjore more popular among people.
Education
Colleges
- Government Veer Gaind Singh College Pakhanjore
Address: Sangam road, new market, Pakhanjore
Institute
- Industrial Training Institute
- IL&FS Skill Schools-Nai Disha Education Seva Samiti
Schools in Pakhanjore
Sports
Dr Syama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium Pakhanjore
The stadium is famous for football and cricket tournament.Every year Independence Day and Republic Day is celebrated in this stadium.
All culcural activities and Extra co circular activities is performed there and inter school competitions are organized between them along with marchfast.
Economy
Hahaladdi Iron Ore Deposit
The project site is well connected through State highway SH-6, Kahdubari to Sumbalpur road at 11.7 km away towards NE and Pakhanjore to Bhanupratappur road at 1.5 km away in SSE direction.Banks
- STATE BANK OF INDIA - PAKHANJORE
- DENA BANK-NOW BANK OF BARODA
- CHATTISGARH RAJYA GRAMIN BANK-PAKHANJORE
- JILA SAHKARI KENDRIY BANK-PAKHANJORE
- ESAF BANK-PAKHANJORE
Agriculture
History
Pakhanjore or Pakhanjur
Pakhanjore was established in 1958 by Dandakaranya Project along with Kapsi and Bande. In an article of Thursday 22 August 1974 of Rajya Sabha Dr k. MATHEW KURIAN clearly state that the name as Pakhanjore and not Pakhanjur. The people residing there still use the official name as Pakhanjore but the people not residing there refer the name as Pakhanjur.Paralkote
This area was referred to as Paralkote district during DNK project. Later it was merged with kanker district.Health and Care
Hospital
- Government Civil Hospital Pakhanjore
- Pvt Vandana Hospital Pakhanjore
- Veterinary Hospital Pakhanjore
Famous places to visit
- Kherkatta Reservoir which is situated near Kapsi.
- Pakhanjore Mela : Pakhanjore mela.
- NARA NARAYAN SEVASRAM
- Kali mandir, Pakhanjore
- Shiv Mandir
- Satsang Vihar, Shri Shri Thakur Anukulchandra Temple situated in the heart of Pakhanjore, near Old Market, Centre for Spiritual Excellence and Universal Brotherhood.
- P.V.9
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