Phan Chali

The subdistrict is located in the lower northern part of Thailand and is bordered to the north by Tha Muen Ram subdistrict, Wang Thong district, to the east by Chomphu subdistrict, Noen Maprang district, to the south by Sak Lek district, Phichit province and Wat Ta Yom subdistrict, Bang Krathum district, to the west by Nong Phra subdistrict, Wang Thong district.^[1]
A forested area 7,100 rai ~ 11.4 square kilometres (4.4 sq mi) is located in the northeast of the subdistrict (Moo8, Moo13, Moo14 and Moo17).^[2] Khao Phanom Thong is a 468 metres (1,535 ft) high mountain located in Moo13, Moo14 and also in Tha Muen Ram subdistrict and in Chomphu subdistrict, Noen Maprang district. On 5 January 2017 an total area of 14,125 rai ~ 23 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi) was designed to be Khao Phanom Thong non-hunting area. Phan Chali lies in the Nan Basin, which is part of the Chao Phraya Watershed. Highway 11 runs along the subdistrict.

On 2 March 1995 Ministry of Interior announced the establishment of Phan Chali subdistrict administrative organization - SAO (ongkan borihan suan tambon).^[3]

The administration of Phan Chali subdistrict is responsible for an area that covers 79,406 rai ~ 127 square kilometres (49 sq mi) and consists of seventeen administrative villages, as of 2025 9,347 people and 3,663 families.^[4]

Phan Chali is a subdistrict administrative organization - SAO (Thai: องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลพันชาลี, romanized: ongkan borihan suan tambon Phan Chali, abbreviated: อบต.พันชาลี, o bo toh Phan Chali), which covers the whole tambon Phan Chali.^[5]

For FY2022, the revenues and expenditures of Phan Chali SAO were as follows:^[6]

The profit corresponds to 21.9 million baht (US$ 0.7 million).

Phan Chali subdistrict is home to twelve active temples, where Theravada Buddhism is practiced by local residents, of which eleven Maha Nikai and one Dhammayut temples.^[7][8]