Panchgachia (also called Pangachhiya) is a
census town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
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in the
Barabani CD block in the
Asansol Sadar subdivision of the
Paschim Bardhaman district
Paschim Bardhaman district is a predominantly urban mining-industrial district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Asansol. It was formed on 7 April 2017 after bifurcation of the erstwhile Bardhaman district as the 23rd distric ...
in the
India
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state
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of
West Bengal
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.
Geography
Location
Panchgachia is located at .
Panchgachia,
Majiara
Majiara is a census town in the Barabani (community development block), Barabani Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian States and territories of India, st ...
,
Bhanowara
Bhanowara is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Bhanowara is located at .
Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Do ...
,
Domohani
Domohani is a census town in the Barabani CD block in the Asansol Sadar subdivision of the Paschim Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.
Geography
Location
Pangachhiya, Majiara, Bhanowara, Domohani, Charanpur (OG), Rati ...
,
Charanpur
Charanpur is a village in the Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India, about from the industrial town of Asansol. The village is notable for being featured in the Indian film ''Swades''.
Geography
Location
Charanpur is classified as ...
(OG),
Ratibati and
Chelad form a cluster of census towns and an outgrowth on the northern and eastern sides of
Asansol.
Urbanisation
As per the 2011 census, 83.33% of the population of Asansol Sadar subdivision was urban and 16.67% was rural. In 2015, the municipal areas of
Kulti,
Raniganj and
Jamuria were included within the jurisdiction of
Asansol Municipal Corporation.
Asansol Sadar subdivision has 26 (+1 partly)
Census Town
In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics.
India
In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...
s.(partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).
Demographics
According to the
2011 Census of India Panchgachia had a total population of 9,165 of which 4,819 (53%) were males and 4,346 (47%) were females. Population in the age range 0–6 years was 1,084. The total number of literate persons in Panchgachia was 6,073 (75.15% of the population over 6 years).
India
census
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, Panchgachia (B) had a population of 7,668. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%. Panchgachia (B) has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 70%, and female literacy is 52%. In Panchgachia (B), 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman'', Pangachhiya covered an area of 1.22 km
2. Among the civic amenities, it had 35 km roads with both open and covered drains, the protected water supply involved service reservoir, tap water from treated sources, uncovered wells. It had 1,250 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 1 medicine shop. Among the educational facilities it had were 6 primary schools, 3 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 2 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at
Asansol 8 km away. Among the social, recreational and cultural facilities, it had a public library. Among the important commodities it produced was stone chips. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.
Education
Panchgachia Manohar Bahal Vivekandna Vidyaytan is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1962. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 4 computers, a library with 637 books and a playground.
PM Kamala Girls’ High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1964. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class XII. The school has 5 computers, a library with 500 books and a play ground.
Panchgachia Adarsha Hindi High School is a Hindi-medium coeducational institution established in 1966. It has facilities for teaching from class IV to class XII. The school has 1 computer and a library with 116 books.
References
{{Paschim Bardhaman District
Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district