Pandabeswar

Pandabeswar (also spelled Pandaveswar) is an administrative centre in Pandabeswar CD Block in Durgapur subdivision of Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.

This article is about the administrative centre. For 1 its namesake community development block, see Pandabeswar (community development block). For 2 its namesake operational area of ECL, see Pandaveswar Area. For 3 its namesake assembly constituency, see Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency).

Pandabeswar
Town
Pandabeswar railway station
Pandabeswar railway station
Pandabeswar is located in West Bengal
Pandabeswar
Pandabeswar
Location in West Bengal, India
Pandabeswar is located in India
Pandabeswar
Pandabeswar
Pandabeswar (India)
Coordinates: 23°43′12.0″N 87°16′48.0″E
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictPaschim Bardhaman
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
713346 (Pandaveshwar)
Telephone/STD code0341
Vehicle registrationWB40/38
Lok Sabha constituencyAsansol
Vidhan Sabha constituencyPandaveswar
Websitebardhaman.gov.in

Geography
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Cities, towns and ECL Areas in the northern portion of Durgapur subdivision in Paschim Bardhaman district
MC: Municipal Corporation, CT: census town, R: rural/urban administrative centre
Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

Police station

Pandabeswar police station has jurisdiction over Pandabeswar CD Block. The area covered is 161 km2 and the population covered is 176,445.[1][2]

CD Block HQ

The headquarters of Pandabeswar CD Block are located at Pandabeswar.[1]

Urbanisation

As per the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 (+1 partly) census towns (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).[3]

Demographics

Pandabeswar is shown as part of Baidyanathpur in the map of Pandabeswar CD Block on page 243 of the District Census Handbook, Bardhaman, 2011. Separate demographic statistics are not available.

Economy

As per the Shodhganga website, collieries in the Pandaveswar Area of Eastern Coalfields are: Madaipur, Mandarbani, Nutandanga, Pandaveswar, Dalurbandh, Kendra, Samla, South Samla, Khottadih, Kankartala, Dalurbandh OCP, Palasthali OCP and Gangaramchak OCP.[4]

As per ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Pandaveswar Area in 2018 are: Dalurband Colliery, Khottadih OCP, Khottadih UG, Madhaipur Colliery, Manderbony Colliery, Pandaveswar Colliery and South Samla Colliery.[5]

Transport
Pandabeswar Railway Station

There is a Railway station in Pandabeswar on the Andal-Sainthia branch line.[6]

NH 14 (old number NH 60) passes through Pandabeswar.[7]

Education

Pandaveswar College was established at Pandabeswar in 2005. It is affiliated with Kazi Nazrul University. It offers honours courses in Hindi, English, history and political science.[8][9]

Healthcare

Pandabeswar Block Primary Health Centre, Pandabeswar CD block, with 10 beds, at Pandabeswar, is the major government medical facility in the Pandaveswar CD block.[10]

Medical facilities (dispensaries) in the Pandaveswar Area of ECL are available at Pandaveswar Area PME Centre (PO Pandaveswar), Madhaipur (PO Nutundanga), Mandarboni (PO Nutundanga), South Samla (PO Pandaveswar), Pandaveswar (PO Pandaveswar), Dalurbandh (PO Pandaveswar), Khottadih (PO Khottadih), Area Dispensary (PO Pandaveswar).[11]

References
  1. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman". Tables 2.1, 2.2. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 21 January 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  2. "Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate". Find your police station. Asansol Durgapur Police. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan". Table 2.2, 2.4(a). Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. "Coalmining impact on the Environment" (PDF). Chapter V: Table 5.2. shodganga.infibnet. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  5. "Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers" (PDF). Pandaveswar Area. Eastern Coalfields Limited. Retrieved 18 August 2018.
  6. "73531=>63531 Andal-Sainthia MEMU". Time Table. indiarailinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  7. "Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways" (PDF). New Delhi: Department of Road Transport and Highways. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  8. "Pandaveswar College". PC. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. "Pandaveswar College". College Admission. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. "Health & Family Welfare Department" (PDF). Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  11. "Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries". ECL. CIL. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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