Pankanergaon is a village in the Sengaon tehsil

Tehsil

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 of Hingoli district

Hingoli district

Hingoli district is an administrative district in the state of Maharashtra in India. The district headquarters are located at Hingoli. The district occupies an area of 4,526 km² and has a population of 987,160 of which 15.60% were urban . This district is part of Aurangabad division...

, in the Indian state of Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

. It has a population of nearly 10,000 and is easily accessible as it is on the main route between Hingoli

Hingoli

Hingoli is a city and a municipal council in Hingoli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.-History:Marathwada was initially under Nizam's regime. Hingoli was the taluka of parbhani district and part of Nizam's regime. It was actually Nizam's military base as it was border place with...

 and Washim

Washim

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. Most of the population are involved in agriculture. The main religion is Hindu

Hindu

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 but there are also some Jains

Jainism

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, Muslim

Muslim

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s and Buddhists

Buddhism

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.

The village has an ancient temple dedicated to Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

 where every year people celebrate the festival of Mahashivaratri

Maha Shivaratri

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. There is a recently built Jain temple in the village and a temple of Devi

Devi

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 on the outskirts.

The village has a small government school for standards 1-10. The people are not much interested in education with very few being educated or working away from home. Most are traditional farmers or work in poorly paid jobs because of their lack of education.

The economy

As two tehsils are within ten kilometers, there are only a few shops in the village. These include two or three cloth stores, about ten grocer's shops and some jewelers, electrical stores, wood, welding and metal works. A market is held every Friday and is well attended by farmers and traders. For most of the population it is the main source of their everyday needs. Some farmers take their produce to other nearby weekly markets to earn some revenue.

The village has a Grampanchayat office, a BSNL

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

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 sub centre and two banks. Water reserves are one of major problem of the village as there is no river or dam in the vicinity and in summer people struggle to find enough water for their daily needs,But in now days JALSWARAJYA yojna brings a lot change in water problem.

Nowadays some modernisation is going on. Politics has arrived in the village and there are some good opportunities for new and young people. The place is beginning to develop as the young people are trying out new ventures and opportunities. There is also a greater awareness of the importance of education. New technologies have arrived including the cell phone

Mobile phone

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and this has increased possible sources of employment and revenue.