Pakhanjore

Pakhanjore City पखांजूर Pakhanjore Tehsil
Urban Agglomeration
Nickname(s): Pakhanjur
Pakhanjore City Location in Chhattisgarh, India
Coordinates: 20°18′N 81°12′E / 20.3°N 81.2°E / 20.3; 81.2Coordinates: 20°18′N 81°12′E / 20.3°N 81.2°E / 20.3; 81.2
Country	India
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kanker
Government
• Type	Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council)
Population (2011)
• Total	14,2,240
Languages
• Official	Bengali,Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	494 776
Telephone code	91 7780
Vehicle registration	CG 19
Sex ratio	991 ♂/900♀

Pakhanjore (Hindi : पखांजूर)^[1] is a major Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) city in in the Kanker district( North Baster) of Chhattisgarh state, central India . It is 10 km from kapsi , 72 kilometers from Bhanupratappur, 186 km from Durg and about 223.52 km from state capital Raipur .It is located 110 km towards west from District headquarters Kanker( North Baster),^[2][3] 47 km from Koylibeda.^[4]

Freedom Fighter Like Gen Singh fought against British in Paralkot(Now modern Pakhanjore).^[5]

Demographics

The Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) has population of 10,201 of which 5,370 are males while 4,831 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.^[6] Population of Children with age of 0-6 is 1207 which is 11.83% of total population of Pakhanjore (NP). 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. Literacy rate of Pakhanjore city is 86.86% higher than state average of 70.28%. In Pakhanjore, Male literacy is around 91.64% while female literacy rate is 81.54%.

Pakhanjore Tehsil

Pakhanjore(NP) is surrounded by Durgukondal Tehsil towards East, Koylibeda Tehsil towards East, Dhanora Tehsil towards west, Bhanupratappur Tehsil towards East .Gadchiroli, Dalli-Rajhara, Kanker ,Durg , Bhilai , Raipur are the nearby Cities to Pakhanjore.^[7]

Apart from this, there are 133 Bengali Sectors in Pakhanjore(NP)

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

Transport

How to reach Pakhanjore

Railway

There is no railway station near to Pakhanjore in less than 10 km. How ever Durg Rail Way Station is major railway station 165 km near to Pakhanjore and the 2nd nearest railway station to Pakhanjore is Dalli Rajhara which is located in and around 76.4 kilometer distance.

The following table shows other railway stations and its distance

S No	Name of Railway station	Distance
1	Durg railway station	165 KM.
2	Dalli Rajhara railway station	76.4 KM.
3	Kusumkasa railway station	82.8 KM.
4	Balod railway station	98.5 KM.
5	Sindewahi railway station	104.1 km.
6	Arjuni railway station	106.9 km.

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	Distance
1	Chandrapur Airport	146.9 km.
2	Gondia Airport	168.7 km.
3	Swami Vivekananda Airport	172.2 km.

Dandakarana project

The Dandakaranya Development Authority was created by the union (central) government in 1958 to assist refugees from Pakistan. It constructed the Bhaskel Dam and Pakhanjore reservoir(kherkatta Dam); 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 Dandakaranya Project and its headquarter was at Koraput.

To solve an almost intractable human problem, the rehabilitation of a large number of refugees who were uprooted from their homeland in East Pakistan setteled 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 life people are coming forward to study at Durg, Bhilai, and Raipur. Privatization has made Pakhanjore more popular among people.^[8]

Education

Colleges in Pakhanjore

• Govt. Veer Gaind Singh College Pakhanjore ^[9]

Year of Establishment 1989 Address : sangam road, new market, pakhanjore

Institute

• Industrial Training Institute (ITI) ^[10]
• IL&FS Skill Schools-Vivid Education Society(BM Computers Pakhanjore)^[11]

Schools in Pakhanjore

• Pvt. Aradhana Convent Higher Secondary School, Pakhanjore (22140134109)
• Pvt. Higher Secondary School Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Pakhanjore (22140134103)
• Pvt. Shri Shri Ramkrishna Vidyapith Higher Secondary School, Pakhanjore (22140134111)
• Pvt. Satyanand Higher Secondary School, Pakhanjore (22140134107)
• Govt. High School, Pakhanjore
• Marathi Primary School, Pakhanjore
• Nivedita Vidya pith High School, Pakhanjore
• Life Academy School, Pakhanjore ^[12][13]
• Govt. Primary School, Pakhanjore
• Govt. Middle School Sohagaon, pakhanjore

^[14][15]

Sports

Pakhanjore Stadium

The stadium is famous for football and cricket tournament.^[16] Every year Independence Day(15 August) and Republic Day (26 January) 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

State Bank Of India Branch

• STATE BANK OF INDIA - PAKHANJORE (SBI Pakhanjore)
• Bank : State Bank Of India
• Branch :Pakhanjore
• IFSC Code :SBIN0003271 (5th character is zero)
• MICR Code :494002152
• Branch Code :003271 (Last 6 Characters of the IFSC Code)
• Address :Pakhanjore Dist Kanker Chattisgarh 494776
• Contact :07780-231235,231634 ^[17]

Aggriculture

Pakhanjore area “P3” produce highest siderophore

The Pseudomonas fluorescens a major Rhizobacteria encourage the plant growth through producing yellowish green fluroscent siderophore involve in high affinity transport of iron into the cell. The P. fluorescens isolates grow in iron deficient media because of production capacity of siderophore depends on iron content. Fifty nine Pseudomonas fluorescens were isolated in King's B media under 260 nm wavelengths from the rhizosphere and non-rhizospheric soil of cave, forest, fellow land and agriculture field in Chhattisgarh region. The amounts of siderophore produce by P. fluorescens isolates were screen in iron deficient succinate media and most of them were found positive for the production of much siderophores. One of the isolate from Pakhanjore area “P3” produce highest siderophore, which further assessed for plant growth promotion activities of crops rice, urd, mung and arhar. The study showed significantly higher increase in root length over control plants was observed in Rice (68.45%) followed by Urd (40.1%), Mung (33.71%) and Arhar (29.53%). Similarly, significantly higher increase in shoot length over control plants was observed in Rice (68.925%) followed by Urd (43.42%), Mung (39.96%) and Arhar (19.45%). It has been shown that these bacteria competively colonize plant roots and cause the plant statistically significant root and shoot increases by stimulating plant growth and reduce the incidence of plant disease of above mention crops under green house of tray culture conditions.^[18]

Krishi Sewa Kendra Pakhanjore

KRISHI SEVA KENDRA, is a farm of seed, pesticides and fertilizers, all types of water pump and micro irrigation system.^[19]

Agricultural Service From Plantion To Harvisting

• PROVIDE BETTER SEEDS TO THE FARMAR.
• PROVIDE FERTILIZER, HOW & HOWMUCH QUINTITY HAS BEEN USED ACCORDING TO SOIL CONDITION
• PROVIDE ALL TIPES OF WATER PUMPS
• MICRO IRRIGATION SYSTEM

History

Pakhanjore or Pakhanjur

Pakhanjore was established in 1958 by Dandakaranya Project along with Kapsi and Bande.In an article of Thursday 22nd August 1974 of Rajya Sabha ^[20]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 (which is wrong spelling).

Health and Care

Hospital

• Government Civil Hospital Pakhanjore (HC_Id 0660000)^[21]
• Pvt Vandana Hospital Pakhanjore
• Veterinary Hospital Pakhanjore

Law and Security

Police station

Police Thana is in Old market Pakhanjore near petrol pump.

Civil court

Civil court is in old market Pakhanjore .

Markets

There are 2 Market place in pakhanjore namely old market pakhanjore and new market Pakhanjore.

Old market :^[22] New Market:

Famous places to visit

• Kherkatta Reservoir(kharkhatta dam/Pakhanjore Reservoir) which is situated near to kapsi is one of the famous place in Pakhanjore.^[23]
• NARA NARAYAN SEVASRAM, Pakhanjore ^[24]
• Kali mandir, Pakhanjore^[25]
• Shamsan kali mandir, Haker

Religious celebration and fairs

Durga Puja :

Ganesh Puja:

Pakhanjore Mela : Pakhanjore mela (Nara Narayan Mela)starts from 14 January to 22 January every year. Peolple from different place come to see this mela, even foreigners come to visit .

Media and communication

Post Office

Pin Code of Pakhanjore is 494776 and Postal Head Office is Pakhanjore Camp .^[26]

Telecommunications

• BSNL
• Reliance Mobile

Television

• Airtel digital TV,Dish TV, Reliance Digital TV,TATA Sky,Videocon D2H, Big Tv

Radio

• All India Radio

Towns in Pakhanjore Tehsil

The sub-district code of Pakhanjore block is 03354. There are about 299 villages in Pakhanjore block .Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat, Chhattisgarh consist of following villages.^[27]

See also

References