Panki block

Panki पांकी
Block
Nickname(s): पांकी
Panki Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°02′N 84°28′E / 24.03°N 84.47°E / 24.03; 84.47Coordinates: 24°02′N 84°28′E / 24.03°N 84.47°E / 24.03; 84.47
Country	India
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Block	Panki
Government
• MLA	Bittu Singh Indian National Congress
Population (2001)
• Total	123,820
Languages
• Official	Magahi, Hindi
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	822122
Website	palamu.nic.in/panki.html

Panki Block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand, a state in India. According to census (2001), the block has 21,687 households with aggregate population of 123,820. The block has 200 villages.

History

Panki a Taluka/Block, close to Medininager Palamu, is located 44km from Medininagar (Daltonganj). Panki is a part of Panki (Vidhan Sabha constituency).Patan is located 44km east of daltonganj. It is well connected by road via three road. It it a junction point for Chatra, Jharkhand, Balumath (community development block) and Medininagar (Daltonganj). This is one of the developing taluka of palamu.

It's well covered by Vodafone, Airtel, Uninor, Reliance, BSNL, Aircel, Idea, Airtel 3G, like cellular networks. ATM also available here for SBI near Panki Bazar.

Administration

Villages

Panki mandal/Block consists of 140 villages. The following are the list of villages in the Block:

Languages

Languages spoken here include Asuri, an Austroasiatic language spoken by approximately 17 000 in India, largely in the southern part of Palamu;^[1] and Bhojpuri, a tongue in the Bihari language group with almost 40 000 000 speakers, written in both the Devanagari and Kaithi scripts.^[2]

Facilities

Education

• Panki Girls High School
• Rajkiye Buniyadi Ms Panki School
• Sarswati Sishu Mandir Panki
• Siksha Niketan
• Upgovernment Primary School Darjahi
• Govt Urdu Ps Panki Bazar
• MK College, Panki, Jharkhand

Market

A small market called as Panki bazar is situated in middle of the block which 2 km away from Panki block administrative building. Common shops like kirana, general store, saloon, cloth shop, fashion stores, jewelry stores,medicine stores etc. exists here in huge number.

Police Station

A police station is situated at the heart of panki block. This police station is one of the important police station in palamu district.

Bank

State bank of Panki(SBIN0003551) is situated at the center of Panki with 24 hr ATM facility.

Post Office

There is a post office nearby panki Market, where speed post parcel and other postal services over here.

See also

• Panki Assembly
• Palamu Loksabha constituency
• Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
• Jharkhand
• Palamu

References

1. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Asuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-28. 
2. ↑ M. Paul Lewis, ed. (2009). "Bhojpuri: A language of India". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2011-09-30. 

• Blocks of Palamu district