Pathankhali is a village and a gram panchayat within the jurisdiction of the Gosaba police station in the Gosaba CD block in the Canning subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

There are 8 census towns in Canning I CD block and only 2 in the rest of the subdivision.

The entire district is situated in the Ganges Delta with numerous islands in the southern part of the region.

The Matla River is prominent and there are many streams and water channels locally known as khals.

[6] Sundarban Hazi Desarat College, established in 1961, is affiliated with the University of Calcutta.