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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ashok Kumar Prusti
Contact: 94****1194
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- LGD code
- 419091
- Pincode
- 767019
- Post office
- Binka
- Population
- 2,836
- Households
- 725
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,429
Census 2011 · in context
How Sankara compares
By population, Sankara ranks #2 of 90 villages in Binika mandal.
Literacy rate
%
62.7%
−3.4% vs mandal average
- Sankara
- 62.7%
- Binika mandal
- 66.1%
- Sonepur district
- 65.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
−20 vs mandal average
- Sankara
- 933
- Binika mandal
- 953
Household size
people per home
3.9
Same as the mandal average
- Sankara
- 3.9
- Binika mandal
- 3.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Sankara at a glance
Sankara is a village of 2,836 people in 725 households (Census 2011) in Binika block, Sonepur district, Odisha, the 2nd-largest of 90 villages in Binika block. Literacy is 63%, 3 points below the block average, and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 767019, served by Binka post office; the LGD village code is 419091. The sarpanch is Ashok Kumar Prusti, and the village votes in Narla assembly constituency, represented by Manorama Mohanty. The population is estimated at 3,344 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Sankara →
Key facts — Sankara
- LGD code
- 419091
- Pincode
- 767019
- Post office
- Binka
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,836
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,344
- Households
- 725
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 62.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kalahandi
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Narla
- Member of Parliament
- Malvika Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Manorama Mohanty
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ashok Kumar Prusti
- Block / Mandal
- Binika
- Nearest PHC
- Dr. Gyanaranjan Mahapatra (6.3 km)
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- 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, 2026-09-05
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)