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PURVANCHAL BANK

Headquarter -Gorakhpur (U.P.)- 273016 India

Sponsored by- State bank of SBI

Chairman - Shri A.K. Sinha

Number of branches- 571

Area of operation - 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh

Purvanchal, the north eastern region of Uttar Pradesh and the divine land of Lord Buddha, Kabir and Gorakhnath, witnessed an important event on 12 th September 2005. Exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 23A of RRB Act 1976, the Government of India, by its notification in the Official Gazette, for the first time provided for the amalgamation of two well established and good profit making RRB's i.e., Gorakhpur Kshetriya Bank and Basti Bank, into one Purvanchal Bank.

Purvanchal Bank having its head office at Gorakhpur operates through the network of its 571 branches, in eleven districts of Purvanchal.