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	'''Panighatta''', or '''Panighata''' (English translation: ''Water mill''), is a [[Tea]] Estate village on the banks of [[Balason River]] and the foothills of the [[Himalayan Mountains]]. Panighatta falls under the [[Mirik]] sub-division of [[Darjeeling district]] and is situated about 26 kilometers from Mirik and 32 km from [[Siliguri]] in the [[States and union territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp\|title=Stirrings of defiance in hills\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2018-03-20\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321015302/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp\|archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>		'''Panighatta''', or '''Panighata''' (English translation: ''Water mill''), is a [[Tea]] Estate village on the banks of [[Balason River]] and the foothills of the [[Himalayan Mountains]]. Panighatta falls under the [[Mirik]] sub-division of [[Darjeeling district]] and is situated about 26 kilometers from Mirik and 32 km from [[Siliguri]] in the [[States and union territories of India\|state]] of [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp\|title=Stirrings of defiance in hills\|work=The Telegraph\|access-date=2018-03-20\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321015302/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp\|archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>

	==Geography==		==Geography==
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	===Area overview===		===Area overview===
	The map alongside shows a part of the southern portion of the [[Darjeeling Himalayan hill region]] in the Darjeeling district. In the [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision]] 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the [[Mirik subdivision]] 80.11% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 19.89% lives in the urban areas.<ref name="admin">{{cite web \| url = http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html \| title = Darjeeling \| work = District Profile - General Information \| publisher = District administration \| access-date = 21 March 2020 \| archive-date = 21 July 2011 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161953/http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html \| url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling \|work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 21 March 2020 \|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> There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting [[Darjeeling tea]]. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/darj-tea.html \| title = Darjeeling Tea\| publisher = District administration \|access-date = 21 March 2020}}</ref> Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as [[census town]]s or villages. <ref>{{cite web\| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html \|title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables \| work= West Bengal – District-wise \|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India \| access-date = 21 March 2020 }}</ref>Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.		The map alongside shows a part of the southern portion of the [[Darjeeling Himalayan hill region]] in the Darjeeling district. In the [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision]] 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the [[Mirik subdivision]] 80.11% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 19.89% lives in the urban areas.<ref name="admin">{{cite web \| url = http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html \| title = Darjeeling \| work = District Profile - General Information \| publisher = District administration \| access-date = 21 March 2020 \| archive-date = 21 July 2011 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161953/http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html \| url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite web \|url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook \|title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling \|work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b \|publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal \|access-date = 21 March 2020 \|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> There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting [[Darjeeling tea]]. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/darj-tea.html \| title = Darjeeling Tea\| publisher = District administration \|access-date = 21 March 2020}}</ref> Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as [[census town]]s or villages.<ref>{{cite web\| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html \|title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables \| work= West Bengal – District-wise \|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India \| access-date = 21 March 2020 }}</ref> Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

	<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>		<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement


| name = Panighatta
| official_name = Panighata
| other_name = Chenga Panighata
| settlement_type = Tea Estate Village
| unit_pref = Metric
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| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m =
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population_rank =
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
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| map_caption = Location in West Bengal
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| subdivision_type = Country
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of West Bengal|District]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_type4 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| subdivision_type5 = Administrative Body
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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Darjeeling district|Darjeeling]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Darjeeling (Lok Sabha constituency)|Darjeeling]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Kurseong (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kurseong]]
| subdivision_name5 = [[Gorkhaland Territorial Administration]]
| subdivision_name6 =
| total_type = 
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 734423
| area_code_type = Telephone/[[Subscriber trunk dialing|STD]] code
| area_code = 0353
| website = {{URL|darjeeling.gov.in/}}
| footnotes =
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'''Panighatta''', or '''Panighata''' (English translation: ''Water mill''), is a [[Tea]] Estate village on the banks of [[Balason River]] and the foothills of the [[Himalayan Mountains]]. Panighatta falls under the [[Mirik]] sub-division of [[Darjeeling district]] and is situated about 26 kilometers from Mirik and 32 km from [[Siliguri]] in the [[States and union territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp|title=Stirrings of defiance in hills|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2018-03-20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321015302/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170905/jsp/frontpage/story_170928.jsp|archive-date=2018-03-21}}</ref>

==Geography==
{{OSM Location map
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| coord={{coord|26|54|0|N|88|14|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Places and tea estates in the southern portion of Darjeeling Sadar subdivision (including Jorebunglow Sukhiapokhri CD block), and Mirik Subdivision in Darjeeling district''' CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, NP: national park/ wildlife sanctuary, TE: tea estate Abbreviations used in names – TG for Tea Garden (town/village), TE for Tea Estate Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly

|mark-coord1={{coord|26|57|10|N|88|14|17|E}}| label-pos1=right|label1= Rongmook Ceder TG| numbered1=CT| mark-title1= [[Rongmook Ceder Tea Garden]] (CT)|label-color1= #800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1= #A40000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2
|mark-coord2={{coord|26|56|20|N|88|10|40|E}}| label-pos2=left|label2=Mangarjung TG| numbered2=CT| mark-title2= [[Mangarjung Tea Garden (Nagri)]] (CT)
|mark-coord3={{coord|26|57|58|N|88|17|10|E}}| label-pos3=right|label3=Sonada| numbered3=CT| mark-title3= [[Sonada]] (CT)
|mark-coord4={{coord|27|0|30|N|88|10|1|E}}| label-pos4=left|label4=Sukhiapokhri| numbered4=CT| mark-title4= [[Sukhiapokhri]] (CT)
|mark-coord5={{coord|26|52|25|N|88|10|30|E}}| label-pos5=left |label5=Mirik| numbered5=M| mark-title5= [[Mirik]] (M)| shape-color5=#800000
|mark-coord6={{coord|26|57|50|N|88|9|20|E}}| label-pos6=left|label6=Chamong TG| numbered6=R| mark-title6= [[Chamong Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color6=#C42222
|mark-coord7={{coord|26|55|35|N|88|11|40|E}}| label-pos7=right|label7=Dhajea TG| numbered7=R| mark-title7= [[Dhajea Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color7=#C42222
|mark-coord8={{coord|27|1|10|N|88|15|30|E}}| label-pos8=right|label8=Jorebungalow| numbered8=R| mark-title8= [[Jorebungalow]] (R)| shape-color8=#C42222
|mark-coord9={{coord|26|58|10|N|88|10|0|E}}| label-pos9=right|label9=Pokhriabong| numbered9=R| mark-title9= [[Pokhriabong]] (R)| shape-color9=#C42222
|mark-coord10={{coord|27|0|20|N|88|11|39|E}}| label-pos10=right|label10=Poobong TG| numbered10=R| mark-title10= [[Poobong Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color10=#C42222
|mark-coord11={{coord|26|57|6|N|88|10|34|E}}| label-pos11=left|label11=Sungma TG| numbered11=R| mark-title11= [[Sungma Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color11=#C42222
|mark-coord12={{coord|27|2|20|N|88|10|31|E}}| label-pos12=left|label12=Tumsong TG| numbered12=R| mark-title12= [[Tumsong Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color12=#C42222
|mark-coord13={{coord|26|54|40|N|88|12|10|E}}| label-pos13=right|label13=Nagri Farm TG| numbered13=R| mark-title13= [[Nagri Farm Tea Garden]] (R)| shape-color13=#C42222
|mark-coord14={{coord|26|47|0|N|88|14|25|E}}| label-pos14=right|label14=Panighatta| numbered14=R| mark-title14= Panighatta (R)|shape-color14=black| label-size14=13|label-color14=black 
|mark-coord15={{coord|26|50|20|N|88|12|50|E}}| label-pos15=right|label15=Singbulli TG| numbered15=R| mark-title15= [[Singbulli Tea Garden]] (R)|shape-color15=#C42222
|mark-coord16={{coord|26|52|0|N|88|12|40|E}}| label-pos16=right|label16=Soureni| numbered16=R| mark-title16= [[Soureni]] (R)| shape-color16=#C42222
|mark-coord17={{coord|26|56|25|N|88|12|38|E}}| label-pos17=right|label17=Avongrove TE| numbered17=TE| mark-title17= [[Avongrove Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color17=#87A96B
|mark-coord18={{coord|26|55|30|N|88|9|44|E}}| label-pos18=left|label18=Gopaldhara TE| numbered18=TE| mark-title18= [[Gopaldhara Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color18=#87A96B
|mark-coord19={{coord|26|54|35|N|88|9|20|E}}| label-pos19=left|label19=Okayti TE| numbered19=TE| mark-title19= [[Okayti Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color19=#87A96B
|mark-coord20={{coord|26|50|15|N|88|11|54|E}}| label-pos20=left|label20=Phuguri TE| numbered320=TE| mark-title20= [[Phuguri Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color20=#87A96B
|mark-coord21={{coord|26|59|14|N|88|13|22|E}}| label-pos21=right|label21=Pussimbing TE| numbered21=TE| mark-title21= [[Pussimbing Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color21=#87A96B
|mark-coord22={{coord|26|53|50|N|88|9|50|E}}| label-pos22=left|label22=Thurbo TE| numbered22=TE| mark-title22= [[Thurbo Tea Estate]] (TE)| shape-color22=#87A96B
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===Location===
Panighata is located at {{coord|26.783333|N|88.240343|E|region:IN-{{IndAbbr|[[West Bengal]]}}|display=inline}}.

The total geographical area of Panighata village is {{cvt|9|km2}} and is the fourth-biggest village by area in the sub-division.

===Area overview===
The map alongside shows a part of the southern portion of the [[Darjeeling Himalayan hill region]] in the Darjeeling district. In the [[Darjeeling Sadar subdivision]] 61.00% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 39.00% of the population lives in the urban areas. In the [[Mirik subdivision]] 80.11% of the total population lives in the rural areas and 19.89% lives in the urban areas.<ref name="admin">{{cite web | url = http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html | title = Darjeeling | work = District Profile - General Information | publisher = District administration | access-date = 21 March 2020 | archive-date = 21 July 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721161953/http://darjeeling.gov.in/dist-prof.html | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="handbook">{{cite web |url = http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2013 Darjeeling |work = Tables 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Planning and Statistics, Government of West Bengal |access-date = 21 March 2020 |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> There are 78 tea gardens/ estates (the figure varies slightly according to different sources), in the district, producing and largely exporting [[Darjeeling tea]]. It engages a large proportion of the population directly/ indirectly.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.darjeeling.gov.in/darj-tea.html | title = Darjeeling Tea| publisher = District administration |access-date = 21 March 2020}}</ref> Some tea gardens were identified in the 2011 census as [[census town]]s or villages. <ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 21 March 2020 }}</ref>Such places are marked in the map as CT (census town) or R (rural/ urban centre). Specific tea estate pages are marked TE.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

==Demographics==
According to the [[2011 Census of India]], Panighata had a total population of 5,235 of which 2,595 (50%) were males and 2,640 (50%) were females. There were 438 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Panighata was 3,588 (68.54% of the population over 6 years).<ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 3 March 2020 }}</ref>

=== Languages spoken ===
[[Nepali language|Nepali]] and [[Hindi]].

== Tea ==

Panighatta Tea Estate employs about 750 permanent and 400 casual staff. The estate is spread over 900 acres and produces about 5.5 lakh kg tea annually.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mungpoo.org/2011/12/panighata-tea-estate-announced.html|title=Panighata tea estate announced suspension of work|work=Mungpoo News|access-date=2018-03-20}}</ref>

== Transport ==

{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Service
!Name
!Location
!Distance
|-
| rowspan="2" |Railway Station
|[[Siliguri Junction railway station|Siliguri Junction]]
|[[Siliguri]]
|28 km
|-
|[[New Jalpaiguri Junction railway station|New Jalpaiguri Junction]] (NJP)
|New Jalpaiguri
|32 km
|-
|Airport
|[[Bagdogra Airport]]
|[[Bagdogra]]
|19 km
|-
|Bus Terminal
|[[Tenzing Norgay Bus Terminus]]
|Siliguri
|28 km
|}

== Notable persons ==
[[Rangu Souriya]]

==Education==
Loreto School Panighatta is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1995. It has facilities for teaching from nursery to class X. It is affiliated with the [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]].<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sites.google.com/site/loretoschoolpanighatta/ | title = Loreto School Panighatta | publisher = LSP |access-date = 5 March 2020}}</ref>

Rainbow High School is an English-medium coeducational institution established in 1980. It has facilities for teaching from class Nursery to class X. It has 20 computers, a library with 1,000 books and a playground.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.icbse.com/schools/rainbow-high-school-74wl83 | title = Rainbow High School | publisher = ICBSE |access-date = 5 March 2020}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Darjeeling District}}

[[Category:Economy of Darjeeling district]]
[[Category:Tea estates in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Villages in Darjeeling district]]

{{Darjeeling-geo-stub}}