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Ekharajat Mahal Land Disputes: HC Pushes Odisha to Clarify 36-Village Status
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- LGD code
- 399403
- Pincode
- 754025
- Post office
- Choudwar
- Population
- 333
- Households
- 67
- Literacy rate
- 83.5%
- Sex ratio
- 959 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 108
Census 2011 · in context
How Banika compares
By population, Banika ranks #86 of 128 villages in Tangi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
83.5%
+12.4% vs mandal average
- Banika
- 83.5%
- Tangi mandal
- 71.1%
- Cuttack district
- 76.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
959
+9 vs mandal average
- Banika
- 959
- Tangi mandal
- 950
Household size
people per home
5.0
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Banika
- 5.0
- Tangi mandal
- 4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Banika at a glance
Banika is a village of 333 people in 67 households (Census 2011) in Tangi block, Cuttack district, Odisha, the 86th-largest of 128 villages in Tangi block. Literacy is 84%, 12 points above the block average of 71% and the sex ratio is 959 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 754025, served by Choudwar post office; the LGD village code is 399403. The village votes in Khandapada assembly constituency, represented by MLA Dusmanta Kumar Swain. The population is estimated at 393 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Napanga →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banika · this village | 333 | 84% | — |
| Napanga · Tangi | 1,353 | 72% | — |
| Birol · Tangi | 1,349 | 73% | — |
| Sanokesharpur · Tangi | 857 | 83% | — |
| Brahmanapada · Tangi | 735 | 78% | — |
| Sainto · Tangi | 728 | 79% | — |
| Narapada · Tangi | 665 | 84% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Banika
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 18
- Power hours (winter)
- 20
- 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
- CHOUDWAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 4
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 10
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Napanga
- Total area (ha)
- 47
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 15.26
- Forest area (ha)
- 0.28
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Banika
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Banika
- LGD code
- 399403
- Pincode
- 754025
- Post office
- Choudwar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 333
- Population (projected 2026)
- 393
- Households
- 67
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 959
- Literacy rate
- 83.5%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Cuttack
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Khandapada
- Member of Parliament
- Bhartruhari Mahtab
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Dusmanta Kumar Swain
- Block / Mandal
- Tangi
Same pincode
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Other villages named Banika
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Banika
Other villages in Tangi mandal
View all 60+ →- Sapha
- Bhatimunda
- Kantapada
- Maguradhanmandal
- Gokulpur
- Jaripada
- Berhampur
- Badakusunpur
- Mania
- Saranga
- Govindapur
- Nimpur
- Nakhara
- Kotasahi
- Nuapatana
- Rudrapur
- Kayalpada
- Bada-Debil
- Haladibasanta
- Kadei
- Napanga
- Birol
- Ganaraba
- Bamburi
- Damaka
- Harianta
- Garudagaon
- Bandal
- Tikarpada
- Badachanchoo
- Chintamanipur
- Kanhupur
- Kairapari
- Sapanapur
- Bainchua
- Jagannathpur
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)