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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
ANIRUDHA NAIK
Contact: 91****6361
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- LGD code
- 385863
- Pincode
- 758030
- Post office
- Swampatna
- Population
- 1,209
- Households
- 257
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 464
- Distance to district centre
- 70 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 5 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 97 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 389 km
- Nearest railway station
- Angul · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Dr. Samal · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Ankura compares
By population, Ankura ranks #24 of 205 villages in Patana mandal.
Literacy rate
%
64.4%
+7.7% vs mandal average
Ankura64.4%
Patana mandal56.7%
Kendujhar district58.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
−68 vs mandal average
Ankura959
Patana mandal1,027
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.3 vs mandal average
Ankura4.7
Patana mandal4.4
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Ankura at a glance
Ankura is a village of 1,209 people in 257 households (Census 2011) in Patana block, Kendujhar district, Odisha, the 24th-largest of 205 villages in Patana block. Literacy is 64%, 8 points above the block average of 57% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. It lies 70 km from the Kendujhar district centre, 2 km from Angul railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 758030, served by Swampatna post office; the LGD village code is 385863. The nearest hospital or health centre is Dr. Samal, <1 km away. The sarpanch is ANIRUDHA NAIK, and the village votes in Angul assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratap Chandra Pradhan. The population is estimated at 1,425 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Ankura
- 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
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- 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
- KARANJIA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 19
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 9
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Tangarpada
- Total area (ha)
- 467
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 77.93
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Ankura
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Ankura
- LGD code
- 385863
- Pincode
- 758030
- Post office
- Swampatna
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,209
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,425
- Households
- 257
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 64.4%
- Coordinates
- 20.83824°N, 85.09739°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Dhenkanal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Angul
- Member of Parliament
- Rudra Narayan Pany
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratap Chandra Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- ANIRUDHA NAIK
- Block / Mandal
- Patana
Getting there
How to reach Ankura
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar97 kmcapital
- Kolkata389 km
- Hyderabad793 km
- Chennai1003 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationAngul2 km
- Hospital / PHCDr. Samal<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI BANK11 km
- CollegeIGIT Sarang20 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Tumusingha40 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Ankura
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Budhi Thakurani TempleTemple2.5 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
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)