Pailan is a village and a gram panchayat the Bishnupur I CD block in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Pailan is located at 22°25′45″N 88°18′25″E / 22.4293°N 88.3069°E. It has an average elevation of 9 metres.