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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Jyotsnamayee Biswal
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- LGD code
- 402289
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population
- 657
- Households
- 177
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Sex ratio
- 915 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 216
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankamar compares
By population, Sankamar ranks #63 of 120 villages in Parajang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
75.2%
+7.2% vs mandal average
- Sankamar
- 75.2%
- Parajang mandal
- 68.0%
- Dhenkanal district
- 69.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
915
−53 vs mandal average
- Sankamar
- 915
- Parajang mandal
- 968
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Sankamar
- 3.7
- Parajang mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankamar at a glance
Sankamar is a village of 657 people in 177 households (Census 2011) in Parajang block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, the 63rd-largest of 120 villages in Parajang block. Literacy is 75%, 7 points above the block average, and the sex ratio is 915 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759120, served by Parjang post office; the LGD village code is 402289. The sarpanch is Jyotsnamayee Biswal , and the village votes in Parjanga assembly constituency, represented by Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan.
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Key facts — Sankamar
- LGD code
- 402289
- Pincode
- 759120
- Post office
- Parjang
- Population (Census 2011)
- 657
- Population (projected 2026)
- 775
- Households
- 177
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 915
- Literacy rate
- 75.2%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Parjanga
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Jyotsnamayee Biswal
- Block / Mandal
- Parajang
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-06
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)