Panka, Azamnagar

Panka (पनका) is a village located in the Azamnagar Anchal of Katihar district of Bihar. The village falls in Azamnagar block and comes under Amarsinghpur Gram Panchayat.

As on December 2025, the current population of Panka is 1.8 thousands out of which 920 are males and rest 830 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 902 females per 1000 males. There are around 344 teenagers in Panka. It has literacy rate of 34% which means around 591 persons can read and write. Total 0 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 355 households in Panka, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 459. The pincode of Panka is 855113 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Salmari Sub Post office
• BALTAR Branch Post office
• SHIHIPUR Branch Post office
• Belbari Branch Post office
• Nimoul Branch Post office

Schools

Panka has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• New Primary School Panka

Hospitals

Panka has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Amar Sihpur Sub-Center
• Salmari Sub-Center
• Arihana Sub-Center
• Teghara Sub-Center
• Cholhar Sub-Center

Banks

Panka has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Central Bank of India Salmari
• State Bank of India Azam Nagar
• State Bank of India Sohragachhi