What is "panchkula"

Panchkula (Hindi: पंचकूला) is a planned city in the Panchkula district, Haryana, India. It forms a part of a continuous area with the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the city of Mohali. It is approximately 4 km (2.4 miles) southeast of Chandigarh and 259 km (162 miles) northeast of New Delhi, the national capital. The Chandigarh- Mohali-Panchkula metropolitan region collectively forms a Tri-city, with a combined population of over 2 million.

The city hosts the Chandimandir Cantonment, the headquarters of the Western Command of the Indian Army. In 2011, Panchkula had population of 561,293 of which male and female were 299,679 and 261,614 respectively.

The village of Panchkula is in the district Bardhaman or Burdwan, West Bengal. The village consists of a small primary school named "Panchkula Prathamik Vidhaylay", a small health center, a post office and two famous temples named Chandrai Dharmaraj Temple and the Hara-gouri Temple. A river called Khari Nadi passes nearby the village. Haldar Road is the major roadway that connects Panchkula to other villages like Pathar Pukur, Jagdabad and Pilkhuri.

Bus service is available from the village to the city Bardhaman; however, as the road is made up of red soil, it has to be repaired after every year.

Other facilities such as drinking water, electricity and telephonic facilities are also available in Panchkula, but there are no water taps and the electricity creates a problem for the villagers as their agricultural irrigation totally depends on large pumps called Sub-Marshals.

The village's primary school has seen some development such as more emphasis given to the studies and more students from the lower section of society joining the school. The school has also been taken under the Sarwa Siksha Abhiyaan scheme.

Panchkula (Vidhan Sabha constituency)is one of the 90 assembly seats of Haryana in the Panchkula district, Haryana, India. It is under Ambala (Lok Sabha constituency). It forms a part of a continuous area with the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the city of Mohali.