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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bankual is a village in Rajnagar mandal, Kendrapara district, Odisha, with a population of 234 and 51 households. The village has a literacy rate of 64.5% and is located at 20.874°N, 85.652°E with postal code 754248.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Draupadi Sethy
Contact: 81****3870
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- LGD code
- 395799
- Pincode
- 754248
- Post office
- Iswarpur
- Population
- 234
- Households
- 51
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1272 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 69
- Distance to district centre
- 58 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 35 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 67 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 338 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dandimal · 21 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- CHC, Jiral · 3 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bankual compares
By population, Bankual ranks #200 of 300 villages in Rajnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.5%
−8.9% vs mandal average
- Bankual
- 64.5%
- Rajnagar mandal
- 73.4%
- Kendrapara district
- 75.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,272
+291 vs mandal average
- Bankual
- 1,272
- Rajnagar mandal
- 981
Household size
people per home
4.6
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Bankual
- 4.6
- Rajnagar mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bankual at a glance
Bankual is a village of 234 people in 51 households (Census 2011) in Rajnagar block, Kendrapara district, Odisha, the 200th-largest of 300 villages in Rajnagar block. Literacy is 65%, 9 points below the block average of 73% and the sex ratio is 1,272 women per 1,000 men. It lies 58 km from the Kendrapara district centre, 21 km from Dandimal railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 754248, served by Iswarpur post office; the LGD village code is 395799. The nearest hospital or health centre is CHC, Jiral, 3 km away. The sarpanch is Draupadi Sethy, and the village votes in Hindol assembly constituency, represented by MLA Simarani Nayak. The population is estimated at 276 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bankual
- 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)
- 13
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- 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
- No
- 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
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- PATTAMUNDAI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 50
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 76
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Dangamal
- Total area (ha)
- 56
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bankual
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bankual
- LGD code
- 395799
- Pincode
- 754248
- Post office
- Iswarpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 234
- Population (projected 2026)
- 276
- Households
- 51
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1272
- Literacy rate
- 64.5%
- Coordinates
- 20.87441°N, 85.65230°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hindol
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Simarani Nayak
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Draupadi Sethy
- Block / Mandal
- Rajnagar
- Nearest railway station
- Tapang (91.4 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bankual
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar67 kmcapital
- Kolkata338 km
- Hyderabad847 km
- Chennai1038 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDandimal21 km
- Bus stopBolua Bus Stop6 km
- Hospital / PHCCHC, Jiral3 km
- ATM / bankGramya Bank3 km
- Petrol pumpPetrol Pump10 km
- CollegeJiral College2 km
- Police stationPolice Station13 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bankual
2 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
Education · within 5 km
Schools & colleges near Bankual
10 mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors, nearest first. Government school lists (UDISE) will replace this when loaded.
- 🎓Jiral CollegeCollege2.3 km ↗
- 🎓High School, JiralHigh school2.4 km ↗
- 🎓High School, BedhapalHigh school2.8 km ↗
- 🎓Girls High SchoolHigh school2.9 km ↗
- 🏫U P SchoolSchool3.0 km ↗
- 🏫U P School, SardeipurSchool3.1 km ↗
- 🎓High SchoolHigh school3.2 km ↗
- 🏫U P School, BalipadaSchool3.5 km ↗
- 🏫UP SchoolSchool3.7 km ↗
- 🏫U P School, Rankia (old)School4.8 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-11
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)