Panka may refer to:

• Mindaugas Panka (born 1984), Lithuanian footballer
• Panka, Ukraine, a village in Ukraine
• Panka prabha, in Jainism, the hell of mud, see Naraka (Jainism)
• Páⁿka, the name the Ponca, a Native American tribe of the Siouan-language group, call themselves
• *pank'a, in Persian units of measurement, one pace, approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet)
• Pankha, Hindu for the punkah, a type of fan
• Alternative spelling for the Panika, community of India
• Panka (cicada), a genus of cicadas

• Pankaj, given name