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Odisha Panchayat Election 2027 | Ground Report From Binjharpur, Jajpur
Reported by Kanak News Odisha.
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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
PK
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PRATAP KUMAR SAHOO
Contact: 94****8352
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- LGD code
- 404360
- Pincode
- 759130
- Post office
- Kosala
- Population
- 1,799
- Households
- 525
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Sex ratio
- 970 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 498
Census 2011 · in context
How Kankarei compares
By population, Kankarei ranks #23 of 151 villages in Chhendipada mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.5%
+1.8% vs mandal average
- Kankarei
- 67.5%
- Chhendipada mandal
- 65.7%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
970
+15 vs mandal average
- Kankarei
- 970
- Chhendipada mandal
- 955
Household size
people per home
3.4
−0.8 vs mandal average
- Kankarei
- 3.4
- Chhendipada mandal
- 4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kankarei at a glance
Kankarei is a village of 1,799 people in 525 households (Census 2011) in Chhendipada block, Anugul district, Odisha, the 23rd-largest of 151 villages in Chhendipada block. Literacy is 68%, 2 points above the block average of 66% and the sex ratio is 970 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 759130, served by Kosala post office; the LGD village code is 404360. The sarpanch is PRATAP KUMAR SAHOO. The population is estimated at 2,121 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kankerei →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kankarei · this village | 1,799 | 68% | — |
| Pirakhaman · Chhendipada | 390 | 56% | — |
| Chhotabereni · Industrial | 339 | 69% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Kankarei
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- Yes
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 20
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 20
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Kankarei
- Total area (ha)
- 467
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 104.6
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Kankarei
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Kankarei
- LGD code
- 404360
- Pincode
- 759130
- Post office
- Kosala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,799
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,121
- Households
- 525
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 970
- Literacy rate
- 67.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sambalpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chhendipada
- Member of Parliament
- Dharmendra Pradhan
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PRATAP KUMAR SAHOO
- Block / Mandal
- Chhendipada
- Nearest PHC
- Manas Clinic (11.6 km)
- Nearest post office
- INDIA POST (8.5 km)
- Nearest bank
- UCO BANK (8.9 km)
- Nearest railway station
- Sunakhani (14.4 km)
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 759130
- RaijharanIndustrial mandal3,151 pop
- NisaChhendipada mandal1,593 pop
- KaliakataIndustrial mandal1,439 pop
- Nandichhoda(Gopiballabhapur)Chhendipada mandal987 pop
- RamadihaIndustrial mandal765 pop
- SendhapalChhendipada mandal689 pop
- MalibrahmaniIndustrial mandal446 pop
- Gopinathpur JungleChhendipada mandal330 pop
- Kudapal PasiIndustrial mandal312 pop
Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Kankarei
Other villages in Chhendipada mandal
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- Kosala
- Tukuda
- Balipata
- Para
- Patrapada
- Brahmanbil
- Sapoinali
- Similisahi
- Ogi
- Jerengdehurisahi
- Nuagan
- Kuskila
- Kanaloi
- Kukurpeta
- Machhakuta
- Similipal
- Santarabandha
- Jhintipal
- Podapada
- Chhendipadajungle
- Mamuriasahi
- Ambapal
- Durgapur(Tangirisahi)
- Pipalbahal
- Nisa
- Bahalsahi
- Tentuloikodasahi
- Baramancha
- Handigoda
- Purunagarh
- Khamar
- Tangiri
- Patakumunda
- Deuria Jharan
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)