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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
JD
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JYOTIRMAYEE DEHURY
Contact: 70****5674
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- LGD code
- 405229
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population
- 2,473
- Households
- 595
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Sex ratio
- 950 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 784
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankhapur compares
By population, Sankhapur ranks #3 of 45 villages in Bantala mandal.
Literacy rate
%
72.4%
+5.3% vs mandal average
- Sankhapur
- 72.4%
- Bantala mandal
- 67.1%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
950
−20 vs mandal average
- Sankhapur
- 950
- Bantala mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
4.2
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Sankhapur
- 4.2
- Bantala mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankhapur at a glance
Sankhapur is a village of 2,473 people in 595 households (Census 2011) in Bantala block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 3rd-largest of 45 villages in Bantala block. Literacy is 72%, 5 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 950 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759129, served by Bantala post office; the LGD village code is 405229. The sarpanch is JYOTIRMAYEE DEHURY, and the village votes in Sanakhemundi assembly constituency, represented by Ramesh Chandra Jena.
Gram panchayat: Sankhapur →
Key facts — Sankhapur
- LGD code
- 405229
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,473
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,268
- Households
- 595
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 950
- Literacy rate
- 72.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanakhemundi
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Jena
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JYOTIRMAYEE DEHURY
- Block / Mandal
- Bantala
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Other villages in Bantala mandal
View all 44+ →- Pokatunga
- Talagarh
- Basala
- Baragounia
- Gadatarasa
- Tumuni
- Nuakheta
- Balanga
- Dalabeherasahi
- Badadandasahi
- Brahmapur
- Badahinso
- Badakantakul
- Maranda
- Jamugadia
- Bandanpasi
- Chandanpur
- Lokeipasi
- Gaudasahi
- Lachhabandha
- Manapur
- Saharagoda
- Kaleipada
- Talaberena
- Talapada
- Panjiasahi
- Champatimunda
- Bramhanasahi
- Khindagobindapur
- Banamira
- Kanhei Nagar
- Sorisapal
- Bherubania
- Raigoda
- Nukhuripada
- Gohirapasi
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-07
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)