Pakhanjore

Pakhanjore City
पखांजूर
Pakhanjore Tehsil
Urban Agglomeration
Nickname(s): Pakhanjor
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 142,240
Languages
 • Official Bengali, Hindi, Chhattisgarhi
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 494 776
Telephone code 91 7844
Vehicle registration CG 19
Sex ratio 991 ♂/900♀

Pakhanjore (Hindi : पखांजूर)[1] is a major Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) city in the Kanker district (North Baster) of Chhattisgarh state, central India. It is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Kapsi, 72 km (45 mi) from Bhanupratappur, 186 km (116 mi) from Durg and about 224 km (139 mi) from the state capital Raipur. It is located 110 km (68 mi) towards the west from District headquarters Kanker (North Baster),[2][3] and 47 km (29 mi) from Koylibeda.[4]

Pakhanjore is a combination of two word Pakhan + Jore = Pakhanjore which means Boss of two (Pakhan- in Russian means "Boss" and Jore- in Bengali means "two") or Boss god will uplift (Jore in Israeli means "God will uplift").

Freedom fighters like Gen Singh fought against the British Raj in Paralkot (now modern Pakhanjore).[5]

Demographics

The Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat (Notified Area Council) 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.[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. 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 (NP) 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.[7]

kherkatta Dam

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

The sub-district code of Pakhanjore block is 03354. There are about 299 villages in Pakhanjore block. Pakhanjore Nagar Panchayat, Chhattisgarh.[8]

Transport

How to reach Pakhanjore

Railway

There is no railway station nearer to Pakhanjore than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). However, Durg railway station is a major railway station 165 kilometres (103 mi) from Pakhanjore. The second nearest railway station to Pakhanjore is Dalli Rajhara which is located at around 76.4 kilometres (47.5 mi) distance.

kali mandir Pakhanjore

The following table shows other railway stations and its distance

S No Name of Railway station
1 Durg railway station
2 Dalli Rajhara railway station
3 Kusumkasa railway station
4 Balod railway station
5 Sindewahi railway station
6 Arjuni 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

Main article: Dandakaranya 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 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 life people are coming forward to study at Durg, Bhilai, and Raipur. Privatization has made Pakhanjore more popular among people.[9]

Education

Colleges

shiv mandir Pakhanjore

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

Institute

Pakhanjore

Schools in Pakhanjore

[15][16]

Sports

Pakhanjore Stadium

The stadium is famous for football and cricket tournament.[17] 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

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. [18]

State Bank Of India Branch

view of Pakhanjore mela

Agriculture

Pakhanjore area "P3" produce highest siderophore

Agriculture Field Pakhanjore

The Pseudomonas fluorescens a major Rhizobacteria encourage the plant growth through producing yellowish green fluorescent 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 competitively 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.[20]

Krishi Sewa Kendra Pakhanjore

KRISHI SEVA KENDRA, is a farm of seed, pesticides and fertilizers, all types of water pump and micro irrigation system.[21]

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[22] 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

Famous places to visit

  1. Old Market:[29]
  2. New Market

Media and communication

Post Office

Pin Code of Pakhanjore is 494776 and Postal Head Office is Pakhanjore Camp.[30]

News and articles

Telecommunications

Television

Radio

See also

References

  1. ↑ google map. "Map of Pakhanjore". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ↑ references. "Pakhanjore". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ↑ Distance calculator. "Distance from Durg". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ↑ koylibeda Block design. Layout of Koyelibeda Block. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Freedom Frighter. "Great Man Gen Singh". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  6. ↑ census. "census 2011". Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Travel Guide. "Distance from Raipur". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ↑ Pakhanjore Tehsil. "Nearest villages to Pakhanjore". Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ↑ work. Villages Established (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Gov college. "Govt. Veer Gaind Singh College Pakhanjore". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  11. ↑ Institute. "Industrial Training Institute (ITI)". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  12. ↑ Institute. "Computers center". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  13. ↑ School. "Life Academy". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  14. ↑ Magazine. Life Academy in Pakhanjore (PDF). Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  15. ↑ Private Schools. "Private School". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  16. ↑ schools. "schools In Pakhanjore". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  17. ↑ stadium. "Pakhanjore stadium". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  18. ↑ The project site is connected to Pakhanjore to Bhanupratappur road. HAHALADDI IRON ORE DEPOSIT (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  19. ↑ SBI Branch. "Details Of SBI Branch". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  20. ↑ Journal of Agriculture. Pakhanjore produces highest siderophore (PDF). p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  21. ↑ krishi kendra. "Saha krishi seva kendra". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  22. ↑ Article on Malariya epidermic at Rajya Sabha in 1974. Official Name Pakhanjore (PDF). p. 1. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  23. ↑ DB Tech (Pakhanjore, Chhattisgarh). "Pakhanjore Hospital". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  24. ↑ Vandana Hospital (PDF). RSBY. p. 23.
  25. ↑ Kherkatta Reservoir. "Pakhanjore Dam". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  26. ↑ Ashram In Pakhanjore. "NARA NARAYAN SEVASRAM SANGHA". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  27. ↑ kali mandir pakhanjore. "Kali Mandir Pakhanjore". Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  28. ↑ Pakhanjore mela. "News in Naiduniya". Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  29. ↑ store. "refer to Old Market in google". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  30. ↑ Pakhanjore Camp. "Pincode". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  31. ↑ News. Three policemen killed, 18 injured in Naxal blast (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  32. ↑ Magazine. Mission Challenge: Mission Pakhanjore (PDF). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
  33. ↑ News at Kolkata FrontPage. "Telegraph News". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  34. ↑ Trust. "The Tulsi Trust". Retrieved 25 February 2015.
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