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
Pv 1Pv 12Pv 23Pv 35Pv 46Pv 57Pv 68Pv 79Pv 90Pv 101Pv 112Pv 123
Pv 2Pv 13Pv 24Pv 36Pv 47Pv 58Pv 69Pv 80Pv 91Pv 102Pv 113Pv 124
Pv 3Pv 14Pv 25Pv 37Pv 48Pv 59Pv 70Pv 81Pv 92Pv 103Pv 114Pv 125
Pv 4Pv 15Pv 26Pv 38Pv 49Pv 60Pv 71Pv 82Pv 93Pv 104Pv 115Pv 126
Pv 5Pv 16Pv 27Pv 39Pv 50Pv 61Pv 72Pv 83Pv 94pv 105Pv 116Pv 127
Pv 6Pv 17Pv 28Pv 40Pv 51Pv 62Pv 73Pv 84Pv 95Pv 106Pv 117Pv 128
Pv 7Pv 18Pv 29Pv 41Pv 52Pv 63Pv 74Pv 85Pv 96Pv 107Pv 118Pv 129
Pv 8Pv 19Pv 30Pv 42Pv 53Pv 64Pv 75Pv 86Pv 97Pv 108Pv 119Pv 130
Pv 9Pv 20Pv 31Pv 43Pv 54Pv 65Pv 76Pv 87Pv 98Pv 109Pv 120Pv 131
Pv 10Pv 21Pv 32Pv 44Pv 55Pv 66Pv 77Pv 88Pv 99Pv 110Pv 121Pv 132
Pv 11Pv 22Pv 34Pv 45Pv 56Pv 67Pv 78Pv 89Pv 100Pv 111Pv 122Pv 133

The sub-district code of Pakhanjore block is 03354. There are about 299 villages in Pakhanjore block. Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat, Chhattisgarh.

Transport

Railway
There 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 NoName of Railway station
1Bhanupratappur railway station
2Durg railway station
3Dalli Rajhara railway station
4Kusumkasa railway station
5Balod railway station
6Sindewahi railway station
7Arjuni railway station
8Kewti 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 NoAirport Name
1Chandrapur Airport
2Gondia Airport
3Swami 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

Year of Establishment 1989
Address: Sangam road, new market, Pakhanjore

Institute

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

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

There are currently 2 operating networks running in Pakhanjore, which are Jio and BSNL.

Post Office

Pin Code of Pakhanjore is 494776 and Postal Head Office is Pakhanjore Camp.