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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PN
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PUSPANJALI NAYAK
Contact: 99****6090
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- LGD code
- 406786
- Pincode
- 752026
- Post office
- Rajranpur
- Population
- 1,263
- Households
- 267
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Sex ratio
- 949 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 387
- Distance to district centre
- 84 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 128 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 167 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 531 km
- Nearest railway station
- Golanthra · 5 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Munna Clinic · 6 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Kankia compares
By population, Kankia ranks #30 of 234 villages in Ranapur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
76.2%
+4.6% vs mandal average
- Kankia
- 76.2%
- Ranapur mandal
- 71.6%
- Nayagarh district
- 71.5%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
949
+7 vs mandal average
- Kankia
- 949
- Ranapur mandal
- 942
Household size
people per home
4.7
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Kankia
- 4.7
- Ranapur mandal
- 4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankia at a glance
Kankia is a village of 1,263 people in 267 households (Census 2011) in Ranapur block, Nayagarh district, Odisha, the 30th-largest of 234 villages in Ranapur block. Literacy is 76%, 5 points above the block average of 72% and the sex ratio is 949 women per 1,000 men. It lies 84 km from the Nayagarh district centre, 5 km from Golanthra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 752026, served by Rajranpur post office; the LGD village code is 406786. The nearest hospital or health centre is Munna Clinic, 6 km away. The sarpanch is PUSPANJALI NAYAK, and the village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 1,489 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kankia
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 14
- 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
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- NAYAGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 30
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pimpala
- Total area (ha)
- 435
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 142.27
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kankia
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Key facts — Kankia
- LGD code
- 406786
- Pincode
- 752026
- Post office
- Rajranpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,263
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,489
- Households
- 267
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 949
- Literacy rate
- 76.2%
- Coordinates
- 19.23609°N, 84.69993°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PUSPANJALI NAYAK
- Block / Mandal
- Ranapur
Getting there
How to reach Kankia
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar167 kmcapital
- Kolkata531 km
- Hyderabad687 km
- Chennai832 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationGolanthra5 km
- Bus stopIchapuram Private Bus Stand14 km
- Hospital / PHCMunna Clinic6 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India12 km
- Petrol pumpBharat Petroleum13 km
- CollegeBharat institute of engineering and technology5 km
- Police stationTown Thana12 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Kankia
1 Temple mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
- 🛕Siddha VinayakaTemple4.0 km ↗
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 752026
- GopalpurRanapur mandal4,656 pop
- JankiaRanapur mandal2,670 pop
- NarasinghpurRanapur mandal1,816 pop
- SanagadaRanapur mandal1,644 pop
- NrusinghpurtangisahiRanapur mandal1,587 pop
- LekhanapurRanapur mandal1,477 pop
- BorabarjharRanapur mandal1,475 pop
- BaunsagadaRanapur mandal1,437 pop
- BadhipatnaRanapur mandal1,424 pop
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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, 2026-09-12
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)