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- LGD code
- 396152
- Pincode
- 754215
- Post office
- Pattamundai
- Population
- 908
- Households
- 154
- Literacy rate
- 77.4%
- Sex ratio
- 912 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 278
Census 2011 · in context
How Bankeswar compares
By population, Bankeswar ranks #59 of 132 villages in Aali mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.4%
+1.4% vs mandal average
- Bankeswar
- 77.4%
- Aali mandal
- 76.0%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
912
−224 vs mandal average
- Bankeswar
- 912
- Aali mandal
- 1,136
Household size
people per home
5.9
+1.4 vs mandal average
- Bankeswar
- 5.9
- Aali mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bankeswar at a glance
Bankeswar is a village of 908 people in 154 households (Census 2011) in Aali block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 59th-largest of 132 villages in Aali block. Literacy is 77%, 1 points above the block average of 76% and the sex ratio is 912 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754215, served by Pattamundai post office; the LGD village code is 396152. The village votes in Daspalla assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramesh Chandra Behera. The population is estimated at 1,071 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bankeswar
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 16
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- 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
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 28
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Singiri
- Total area (ha)
- 72
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bankeswar
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bankeswar
- LGD code
- 396152
- Pincode
- 754215
- Post office
- Pattamundai
- Population (Census 2011)
- 908
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,071
- Households
- 154
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 912
- Literacy rate
- 77.4%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kandhamal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Daspalla
- Member of Parliament
- Sukanta Kumar Panigrahi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Behera
- Block / Mandal
- Aali
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (59.6 km)
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-08
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)