Pakhanjur, also known as Pakhanjore, is a town, nagar panchayat, and the headquarters of the eponymous tehsil in the Kanker District of Chhattisgarh State in India.

[4] The name of the town is written as "पखांजूर" in Devanagari script,[5] however it is transliterated as Pakhanjur[6] and Pakhanjore[7] in English, the former notably supported by Indian Census sources[8][9] and the latter by Dandakaranya Project report submitted to Rajya Sabha in August 1974.

Popularly known as the Paralkot Rebellion, the uprising saw the rebels fight against the exploitation and injustices meted out to the natives by the foreign powers.

[11][12] In 1958, the Pakhanjur Colony that forms the heart of the town, was established along with the neighbouring settlements of Kapsi and Bande under the Dandakaranya Project.

[10] The Indian government created the Dandakaranya Development Authority in 1958 to assist refugees from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

These people suffered heavy losses leaving hundreds of acres of agricultural fields and adjusted with very small land for survival.

[15] As of the 2011 Indian Census, Pakhanjur nagar panchayat had a population of 10,201, consisting of 5,370 males and 4,831 females.

[22] Pakhanjur is situated on Chhattisgarh State Highway 25 and is only connected by road from Durg, Raipur, Kanker, Dalli Rajhara, Bhanupratappur, Jagdalpur, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur.

The nearest local railway station is Keoti (KETI) on the Dalli Rajhara–Jagdalpur line 62 km (39 mi) away.

There has been demands from various quarters to construct the proposed Gadchiroli-Bhanupratappur rail line via Durgukondal, Kapsi and Pakhanjur instead of via Manpur.

The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Stadium Pakhanjur is famous for football and cricket tournaments.