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{{About|the administrative centre|1 its namesake community development block|Pandabeswar (community development block)|2 its namesake operational area of ECL|Pandaveswar Area|3 its namesake assembly constituency|Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Pandabeswar
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| settlement_type = Neighborhood in [[Durgapur, West Bengal]]
| image_skyline = Railway Station in Sainthia Andal line 04.jpg
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| image_caption = Pandabeswar railway station
| pushpin_map = India West Bengal#India3
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India
| coordinates = {{coord|23|43|12.0|N|87|16|48.0|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = City
| subdivision_name1 = [[Durgapur]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Paschim Bardhaman district|Paschim Bardhaman]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 19th Century
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| unit_pref = Metric
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| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[English language|English]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 713346 (Pandaveshwar)
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 0341
| registration_plate = WB40/38
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)|Asansol]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Pandaveswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pandaveswar]]
| website = {{URL|http://bardhaman.gov.in/}}
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'''Pandabeswar''' (also spelled Pandaveswar) is a [[neighborhood]], a [[community development block]] and an administrative centre in [[Pandabeswar (community development block)|Pandabeswar]] CD Block in the city of [[Durgapur]] of [[Paschim Bardhaman district]] in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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===Police station===
Pandabeswar police station has jurisdiction over [[Pandabeswar (community development block)|Pandabeswar]] CD Block. The area covered is 161 km<sup>2</sup> and the population covered is 176,445.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web | url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Bardhaman | work = Tables 2.1, 2.2 | publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal | access-date = 23 September 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook | archive-date = 21 January 2019 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://asansoldurgapurpolice.in/# |title = Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate |work = Find your police station | publisher= Asansol Durgapur Police | access-date = 23 September 2018}}</ref>

===CD Block HQ===
The headquarters of Pandabeswar CD Block are located at Pandabeswar.<ref name=handbook2014/>

===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 town]]s (partly presented in the map alongside; all places marked on the map are linked in the full-screen map).<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Burdwan |work = Table 2.2, 2.4(a) |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 September 2018 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</ref>

==Demographics==
Pandabeswar is shown as part of [[Baidyanathpur, Paschim Bardhaman|Baidyanathpur]] in the map of Pandabeswar CD Block [http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1909_PART_A_DCHB_BARDDHAMAN.pdf] 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.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/66080/13/13_chapter%205.pdf |title = Coalmining impact on the Environment |work = Chapter V: Table 5.2 | publisher= shodganga.infibnet | access-date = 21 February 2017}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.easterncoal.gov.in/contactus/cugtel/pandaveswar.pdf| title = Area wise Closed User Group (CUG) Telephone Numbers | work = Pandaveswar Area | publisher = Eastern Coalfields Limited | access-date = 18 August 2018}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[File:Railway Station in Sainthia Andal line 03.jpg|thumb|Pandabeswar Railway Station]]
There is a Railway station in Pandabeswar on the [[Andal-Sainthia branch line]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiarailinfo.com/train/timetable/andal-sainthia-memu-63531/18253/5/438 |title = 73531=>63531 Andal-Sainthia MEMU |work = Time Table | publisher= indiarailinfo | access-date = 20 February 2017}}</ref>

[[National Highway 14 (India)|NH 14]] (old number NH 60) passes through Pandabeswar.<ref name="renumber">{{cite web|url=http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|title=Rationalisation of Numbering Systems of National Highways|publisher=[[Department of Road Transport and Highways]]|access-date=20 February 2017|location=New Delhi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201124738/http://dorth.gov.in/writereaddata/sublinkimages/finaldoc6143316640.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/PandaveswarCollege/Pandaveswar_College.shtml | title = Pandaveswar College | publisher = PC | access-date = 9 March 2017 | archive-date = 3 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170303203246/http://www.collegeadmission.in/PandaveswarCollege/Pandaveswar_College.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.collegeadmission.in/PandaveswarCollege/Pandaveswar_College.shtml | title = Pandaveswar College | publisher = College Admission | access-date = 9 March 2017 | archive-date = 3 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170303203246/http://www.collegeadmission.in/PandaveswarCollege/Pandaveswar_College.shtml | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | title =Health & Family Welfare Department | work =Health Statistics – Block Primary Health Centres | publisher =Government of West Bengal | access-date =12 May 2020 | archive-date =16 August 2020 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200816074737/https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/other_files/BPHC.pdf | url-status =dead }}</ref>

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).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.coalindia.in/DesktopModules/DocumentList/documents/Details_of_Medical_Facility_in_CIL_and_its_Subsidiaries_05032018.xlsx | title = Details of medical facilities in CIL and its subsidiaries | work= ECL| publisher = CIL|access-date = 15 May 2020}}{{Dead link|date=April 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Paschim Bardhaman District}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Paschim Bardhaman district]]

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