Pankshin

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Pankshin
LGA and town
Country	Nigeria
State	Plateau State
Headquarters	Pankshin Town
Area
• Total	588 sq mi (1,524 km2)
Population  (2006)
• Total	191,685
• Density	326/sq mi (125.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (WAT)
Postcode	933

Pankshin is a Local Government Area in Plateau State, Nigeria. Its headquarter is in the town of Pankshin.

It has an area of 1,524 km² and a population of 191,685 at the 2006 However, some of the native inhabitants are widely found in neighboring localities where they migrated over a hundred years in search of better agricultural land: Shendam, Gindiri, Mangu, Bokkos and a number of states such as Bauchi, Taraba and Nasarawa due to the quest for arable agricultural land and family expansion.

Pankshin is popularly known for its trade hub as most of the people are farmers growing a vast range of food crops such as millet, guinea corn, maize, tomatoes, rice, onions, cabbage, carrot and collections of fruits. Pankshin is well known also due to the consumption of dog meat by the natives and the annual Cultural festival of the Ngas nation known as Pusdung. Mondays in Pankshin is specifically for trading – buying and selling, hence the name "Monday market" as traders, merchants and people in the environs and as far as away as Bauchi come to buy and sell.

The postal code of the area is 933.^[1]