Panskura

Panskura পাঁশকুড়া
Town
Panskura Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates:
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Purba Medinipur
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population (2001)
• Total	98,000
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone code	03228
Lok Sabha constituency	Ghatal
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Panskura Paschim
Avg. summer temperature	38 °C (100 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	9 °C (48 °F)
Website	purbamedinipur.gov.in

Panskura is a town, municipality and a Police station in Purba Medinipur in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography

Panskura is located at . It has an average elevation of 7 metres (26 feet). It is situated on the NH6 on the way from Kolkata to Kharagpur.

Economy

The livelihood of the common people is dependent on Business/Job/Agriculture. Many varieties of flowers and green vegetable are grown and are supplied to Kolkata from here. Local vegetable wholesale market is the main trade of this town. This vegetable market is the 2nd largest market in West Bengal. The first governmental cold storage & market for flower is situated at Panskura.

Education

Panskura Banamali College (both undergraduate and post graduate degree in arts and science) is the sole institution of higher education. Panskura B. B. High School is the oldest(1913) and the reputed school of the area. Raghunathbari Ram Tarak High School which is also the second oldest, Panskura Girls High School, Bakulda High School (1945), Vidyasagar Nursery School, Dhuliapur Pallishree Bani Mandir and Patna Shamsundarpur High School, Pratappore High School, Bhogpur K. M. High School, Dhuliara Mahendra Institution are few of the good educational institutions in this area.

Health

There is a hospital and some private nursing homes in Panskura. People of this area mainly depend on that hospital and nursing homes.

Transportation

Panskura is well connected by train and road (NH6) to Kolkata which is the nearest big city. Local trains of South Eastern Line are frequently available at Panskura railway station. Kharagpur, Haldia and Digha train connection are also available. Kolkata is also well connected to Panskura by NH6. Local buses, Trakers, Toto and private taxis also play a major role of transportation to more interior villages from there. Panskura is well connected to Ghatal by bus from Panskura bus stand and bus from Kolkata to Ghatal is also have to pass from panskura. Panskura is also connected to district town Tamluk by bus.