Pandaveswar
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| ?Pandaveswar West Bengal • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Bardhaman |
| Population • Density |
146,541 (2001) • 1,498 /km² (3,880 /sq mi) |
| Website: bardhaman.gov.in/ | |
Pandaveswar (Bengali: পাণ্ডবেশ্বর) is a town/ CD Block in Durgapur [1] subdivistion in Bardhaman district of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the south bank of Ajay River. There is an all-weather rail bridge and fair weather road bridge across the Ajay at this place.
During World War II there was an American airbase at Pandaveswar. [2]
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[edit] Demographics
Pandaveswar Block spread over 97.80 km² had a population of 146,541 in 2001. [3]
[edit] Economy
Pandaveswar is a coal mining area. [4] One of the area headquarters of Eastern Coalfields Ltd., a subsidiary of Coal India Limited are located here. [5]
The main source of income of people in this area :-
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- Most of the peoples are Government Employee working in different coal mine.
- Farming
- Small Business and self employed
[edit] Transport
Pandaveswar is 20 km from Andal on the Andal-Sainthia line of Eastern Railway. [6] It is on NH 60.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ District-wise list of stautory towns
- ^ War Birds of India
- ^ Census data
- ^ Chattopadhyay, Akkori, Bardhaman Jelar Itihas O Lok Sanskriti (History and Folk lore of Bardhaman District.), (Bengali) , Vol I, p 48, Radical Impression. ISBN 81-85459-36-3
- ^ ECL website - see under head Corporate – Geographic location and area
- ^ Eastern Railway rime table
