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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bankamba is a village in Tikiri mandal, Rayagada district, Odisha. It has a population of 313 spread across 84 households, with a literacy rate of 34.5%. The village is situated at 19.080°N, 83.058°E.
SP
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sri Piluku Majhi
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- LGD code
- 426109
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population
- 313
- Households
- 84
- Literacy rate
- 34.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1019 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 200
- Distance to district centre
- 50 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 320 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 518 km
- Nearest railway station
- Singaram · 6 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur · 18 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bankamba compares
By population, Bankamba ranks #24 of 44 villages in Tikiri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
34.5%
−2.5% vs mandal average
- Bankamba
- 34.5%
- Tikiri mandal
- 37.0%
- Rayagada district
- 42.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,019
−1 vs mandal average
- Bankamba
- 1,019
- Tikiri mandal
- 1,020
Household size
people per home
3.7
−0.4 vs mandal average
- Bankamba
- 3.7
- Tikiri mandal
- 4.1
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bankamba at a glance
Bankamba is a village of 313 people in 84 households (Census 2011) in Tikiri block, Rayagada district, Odisha, the 24th-largest of 44 villages in Tikiri block. Literacy is 35%, 3 points below the block average of 37% and the sex ratio is 1,019 women per 1,000 men. It lies 50 km from the Rayagada district centre, 51 km from Jayapatna, the nearest town, 6 km from Singaram railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 765015, served by Kashipur (Rayagada) post office; the LGD village code is 426109. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur, 18 km away. The sarpanch is Sri Piluku Majhi. The population is estimated at 369 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bankamba
- 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)
- 14
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- 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
- 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
- RAYAGADA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 65
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 87
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 37
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bankamaba
- Total area (ha)
- 188
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 26.88
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bankamba
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bankamba
- LGD code
- 426109
- Pincode
- 765015
- Post office
- Kashipur (Rayagada)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 313
- Population (projected 2026)
- 369
- Households
- 84
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1019
- Literacy rate
- 34.5%
- Coordinates
- 19.08018°N, 83.05779°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Rayagada
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sri Piluku Majhi
- Block / Mandal
- Tikiri
Getting there
How to reach Bankamba
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar320 kmcapital
- Hyderabad518 km
- Kolkata674 km
- Chennai730 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSingaram6 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Gorakhpur,Kashipur18 km
- ATM / bankState Bank of India39 km
- CollegeRayagada Institute of Technology and Management38 km
- Police stationl. police station39 km
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 765015
Villages near Bankamba
Other villages in Tikiri mandal
View all 43+ →- Tikiri
- Puhundi
- Gorakhapur
- Sankarada
- Panchali
- Mankadajhola
- Sanamatikana
- Maliguda
- Dudukabahal
- Naktiguda
- Sorishapadara
- Jamuguda
- Nishikhal
- Haridabhatta
- Panasapadara
- Gokulamunda
- Mahantapatakhuri
- Kotraguda
- Badajor
- Bandhapadara
- Uparadheska
- Talakodigam
- Haridaspur
- Bajaragarh
- Nuagan Alias Sargiguda
- Kutumi
- Tikiriguda
- Taladhodasi
- Jhodiapada
- Badamatikana
- Dangasil
- Khadikajor
- Dudukabada Dakhil Panabandh
- Sinderpadara
- Mahalingaguda
- Mailiguda
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)