Pandabeswar (also spelt Pandaveswar) is an administrative division in Durgapur subdivision

Durgapur subdivision

Durgapur subdivision is a subdivision of the Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India. It consists of Durgapur municipal corporation and five community development blocs: Durgapur–Faridpur, Galsi–I, Kanksa, Andal and Pandabeswar. The five blocks contain 36 gram panchayats...

 of Bardhaman district

Bardhaman District

'Bardhaman district is a district in West Bengal. The headquarter of the district is Bardhaman, though it houses other important industrial towns like Durgapur and Asansol...

 in the India

India

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n state

States and territories of India

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. Andal and Pandabeswar police stations serve this block. Headquarters of this block is at Pandabeswar. Kendra Khottamdi

Kendra Khottamdi

Kendra Khottamdi is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationof Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Kendra Khottamdi is located at ....

, Ramnagar

Ramnagar, Pandaveswar

See Ramnagar for disambiguation.Ramnagar is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationin Durgapur subdivision of Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Ramnagar is located at ....

, Dalurband

Dalurband

Dalurband is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationof Durgapur subdivision in Bardhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Dalurbandh is located at ....

, Bilpahari

Bilpahari

Bilpahari is a census town under Pandaveswar police station of Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Bilpahari is located at ....

, Nabgram

Nabgram

Nabgram is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationof Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Nabgram is located at ....

, Sankarpur, Haripur

Haripur, Bardhaman

Haripur is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationof Durgapur subdivision in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Haripur is located at ....

, Konardihi

Konardihi

Konardihi is a census town under Pandaveswar police stationof Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:Konardihi is located at ....

, Bahula

Bahula

Bahula is a census town under Andal police stationin Durgapur subdivision of Barddhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Bahula is located at ....

 and Chhora

Chhora

Chhora is a census town under Andal police station of Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Chhora is located at ....

 are urban areas in this block. The census towns Chak Bankola

Chak Bankola

Chak Bankola is a census town under Andal police station of Durgapur subdivision in Barddhaman district in the state of West Bengal, India.-Geography:Chak Bankola is located at ....

 and Parashkol

Parashkol

Parashkol is a census town under Andal police station of Durgapur subdivision in Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.-Geography:...

 are both partly in Andal block and partly in Pandabeswar block.

History

During World War II there was an American airbase

Pandaveswar Airfield

Pandaveswar Airfield is a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield in India used during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945. It is now abandoned.-History:...

 at Pandabeswar. The airbase still exists, people visit the place for its historical value and to enjoying evening walks.

Geography

Pandabeswar is located at 23.72°N 87.28°E.

Pandabeswar community development block

Community Development Block in India

The Community development block is a rural area earmarked for administration and development in India. The area is administered by a Block Development Officer...

 has an area of 97.89  km².

The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating latterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar

Damodar River

Damodar River originates near Chandwa village, Palamau district, on the Chota Nagpur Plateau in the Jharkhand state in eastern India, and flows eastward for about 592 km through the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal to the estaury of the River Hooghly...

 and the Ajay

Ajay River

The Ajay River is a major river in Jharkhand and West Bengal. The word “Ajay” means “not conquered”.-Geography:The Ajay River originates on a small hill about 300 metres high, south west of Munger in Bihar. It then flows through Jharkhand and enters West Bengal at Simjuri, near Chittaranjan...

. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared.

Gram panchayats

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayat

Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...

s of Pandabeswar block/panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti

Panchayat samiti is a local government body at the tehsil or Taluka level in India. It works for the villages of the Tehsil or Taluka that together are called a Development Block. The Panchayat Samiti is the link between the Gram Panchayat and the district administration. There are a number of...

 are: Bahula, Baidyanathpur, Chhora, Haripur, Kendra and Nabagram.

Demographics

As per 2001 census, Pandabeswar block had a total population of 146,445, out of which 79,992 were males and 66,453 were females. Pandabeswar block registered a population growth of 9.37 per cent during the 1991-2001 decade. Decadal growth for Bardhaman district was 14.36 per cent.Decadal growth in West Bengal was 17.84 per cent.

Scheduled castes at 55,511 formed around one-third the population. Scheduled tribes numbered 14,508.

Economy

Pandabeswar is a coal mining area. One of the area headquarters of Eastern Coalfields Limited

Eastern Coalfields Limited

Eastern Coalfields Limited is one of the largest coal producing company of India. The company came in to existence in 1975 after nationalization of coal mines in India. It inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj Coalfields. It is one of the eight fully owned subsidiaries of Coal...

., a subsidiary of Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited

Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled coal company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore . It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of...

 is located here.

Transport

Pandabeswar is 20 km from Andal on the Andal-Sainthia Branch Line

Andal-Sainthia Branch Line

The Andal-Sainthia Branch Line is a railway line connecting Andal on the Bardhaman-Asansol section of the Howrah-Delhi main line and Sainthia on the Sahibganj Loop. This track is under the jurisdiction of Eastern Railway...

 of Eastern Railway

Eastern Railway (India)

The Eastern Railway is one of the 17 zones of the Indian Railways. Its headquarters is at Fairley Place, Kolkata, and comprises four divisions: Howrah, Malda, Sealdah, and Asansol. These are the financial departments and each has an assistant divisional financial manager , divisional railway...

.

There is an all-weather rail bridge and fair weather road bridge across the Ajay at Pandabeswar.

Literacy

As per 2001 census, Pandabeswar block had a total literacy of 63.73 per cent for the 6+ age group. While male literacy was 73.56 per cent female literacy was 51.65 per cent. Bardhaman district had a total literacy of 70.18 per cent, male literacy being 78.63 per cent and female literacy being 60.95 per cent.