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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Pankapal is a village in Kujang mandal, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, with a population of 2,406 across 559 households. It has a literacy rate of 84.8% and is served by railway connectivity.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Saroj Kumar Sethy
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- LGD code
- 397190
- Pincode
- 754140
- Post office
- Rahama
- Population
- 2,406
- Households
- 559
- Literacy rate
- 84.8%
- Sex ratio
- 956 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 664
- Distance to district centre
- 166 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 241 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 64 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 322 km
- Nearest railway station
- Gopinathjew Banikunda · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Nanda Homeopathic Clinic · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Pankapal compares
By population, Pankapal ranks #12 of 142 villages in Kujang mandal.
Literacy rate
%
84.8%
+5.8% vs mandal average
- Pankapal
- 84.8%
- Kujang mandal
- 79.0%
- Jagatsinghapur district
- 78.2%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
956
−5 vs mandal average
- Pankapal
- 956
- Kujang mandal
- 961
Household size
people per home
4.3
−0.3 vs mandal average
- Pankapal
- 4.3
- Kujang mandal
- 4.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pankapal at a glance
Pankapal is a village of 2,406 people in 559 households (Census 2011) in Kujang block, Jagatsinghapur district, Odisha, the 12th-largest of 142 villages in Kujang block. Literacy is 85%, 6 points above the block average of 79% and the sex ratio is 956 women per 1,000 men. It lies 166 km from the Jagatsinghapur district centre, 1 km from Gopinathjew Banikunda railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754140, served by Rahama post office; the LGD village code is 397190. The nearest hospital or health centre is Nanda Homeopathic Clinic, 10 km away. The sarpanch is Saroj Kumar Sethy, and the village votes in Surada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nilamani Bisoyi. The population is estimated at 2,837 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pankapal
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 1
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- PARADIP
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 27
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 25
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pankapal
- Total area (ha)
- 284
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 116.41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pankapal
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Pankapal
- LGD code
- 397190
- Pincode
- 754140
- Post office
- Rahama
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,406
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,837
- Households
- 559
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 956
- Literacy rate
- 84.8%
- Coordinates
- 20.30001°N, 86.44003°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Surada
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Nilamani Bisoyi
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Saroj Kumar Sethy
- Block / Mandal
- Kujang
- Nearest railway station
- Rahama (3.7 km)
Getting there
How to reach Pankapal
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar64 kmcapital
- Kolkata322 km
- Hyderabad897 km
- Chennai1037 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGopinathjew Banikunda1 km
- Hospital / PHCNanda Homeopathic Clinic10 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India11 km
- Petrol pumpSenapati Filling Station2 km
- CollegeAdikabi Sarala Das College11 km
- Police stationAstaranga Police Station40 km
Nearest to the village
- Railway station
- Rahama3.7 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Pankapal
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Sekhareswar TempleTemple3.2 km ↗
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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, 2026-05-14
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