Panihati

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Panihati
Panihati
State - District(s)	West Bengal - North 24 Parganas
Coordinates	22.69° N 88.37° E
Area - Elevation	- 13 m
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Population (2001) - Density	348,379 -
Municipality Chairman	Monoranjan Sarkar ^[1]

Panihati is a city and a municipality under Khardaha/ Ghola police stations of Barrackpore subdivision. ^[2] in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Demographics
4 Economics
5 Education
6 References

[edit] History

[edit] Geography

Panihati is located at 22.69° N 88.37° E^[3]. It has an average elevation of 13 metres (42 feet).

Panihati covers two important Railway stations from Sealdah north main section line - 1)Sodepur -a densly populated urban city connected to Kolkata by Barrackpore Trunk Road and with Barasat via Sodepur Road through Madhyamgram. 2) Agarpara Panihati Municipality is located On BT Road at the western side of Sodepur Rail station.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2001 India census^GRIndia, Panihati had a population of 348,379. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panihati has an average literacy rate of 82%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 79%. In Panihati, 8% of the population is under 6 years of age.