Panchpara

Coordinates: 22°34′03″N 88°15′22″E / 22.567428°N 88.256140°E / 22.567428; 88.256140
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Panchpara
Census Town
Panchpara is located in West Bengal
Panchpara
Panchpara
Location in West Bengal, India
Panchpara is located in India
Panchpara
Panchpara
Panchpara (India)
Coordinates: 22°34′03″N 88°15′22″E / 22.567428°N 88.256140°E / 22.567428; 88.256140
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictHowrah
Population
 (2011)
 • Total19,283
Languages
 • OfficialBengali, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
711317
Vehicle registrationWB
Lok Sabha constituencyHowrah
Vidhan Sabha constituencySankrail
Websitehowrah.gov.in

Panchpara is a census town in Sankrail CD Block of Howrah Sadar subdivision in Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.[1]

Geography[edit]

Panchpara is located at 22°34′03″N 88°15′22″E / 22.567428°N 88.256140°E / 22.567428; 88.256140.

Demographics[edit]

As per 2011 Census of India Panchpara had a total population of 19,283 of which 9,976 (52%) were males and 9,307 (48%) were females. Population below 6 years was 2,415. The total number of literates in Panchpara was 14,127 (83.75% of the population over 6 years).[2]

Panchpara was part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration in 2011 census.[3]

As of 2001 India census,[4] Panchpara had a population of 15,078. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Panchpara has an average literacy rate of 71%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 74% and female literacy is 67%. In Panchpara, 14% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Transport[edit]

Satyen Bose Road is the artery of the town.

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Train[edit]

Mourigram railway station on Howrah-Kharagpur line is the nearest railway station.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "District-wise list of stautory towns". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  2. ^ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". 2011 census: West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Constituents of Urban Agglomeration Having Population Above 1 Lakh. Census of India 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2004. Retrieved 1 November 2008.