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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SUJIT MAHALIK
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- LGD code
- 405223
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population
- 4,176
- Households
- 964
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Sex ratio
- 952 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,419
2011 സെൻസസ് · താരതമ്യത്തിൽ
Pokatunga താരതമ്യം
By population, Pokatunga ranks #1 of 45 villages in Bantala mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
72.7%
+5.6% vs mandal average
- Pokatunga
- 72.7%
- Bantala mandal
- 67.1%
- Anugul district
- 68.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
952
−18 vs mandal average
- Pokatunga
- 952
- Bantala mandal
- 970
Household size
people per home
4.3
Same as the mandal average
- Pokatunga
- 4.3
- Bantala mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Pokatunga ഒറ്റനോട്ടത്തിൽ
Pokatunga Odishaയിലെ Anugul ജില്ല, Bantala ബ്ലോക്ക്ൽ 4,176 പേർ 964 കുടുംബങ്ങളിൽ (2011 സെൻസസ്) താമസിക്കുന്ന ഗ്രാമമാണ്, Bantala ബ്ലോക്ക്ലെ 45 ഗ്രാമങ്ങളിൽ ഏറ്റവും വലുത്. സാക്ഷരത 73%, ബ്ലോക്ക് ശരാശരി 67% നേക്കാൾ 6 പോയിന്റ് കൂടുതൽ ലിംഗാനുപാതം 1,000 പുരുഷന്മാർക്ക് 952 സ്ത്രീകൾ. പിൻകോഡ് 759129, Bantala പോസ്റ്റ് ഓഫീസിന് കീഴിൽ; LGD ഗ്രാമ കോഡ് 405223. പ്രസിഡന്റ് SUJIT MAHALIK; ഗ്രാമം Sanakhemundi നിയമസഭാ മണ്ഡലത്തിലാണ്, എംഎൽഎ Ramesh Chandra Jena. 2026ൽ ജനസംഖ്യ ഏകദേശം 4,924, 2011നെക്കാൾ 18% കൂടുതൽ.
ഗ്രാമപഞ്ചായത്ത്: Pokatunga →
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Pokatunga
- 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)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 4
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- ANUGUL
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 22
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 22
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 22
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Pokatunga
- Total area (ha)
- 546
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 156.63
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.89
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Pokatunga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
പ്രധാന വിവരങ്ങൾ — Pokatunga
- LGD code
- 405223
- Pincode
- 759129
- Post office
- Bantala
- Population (Census 2011)
- 4,176
- Population (projected 2026)
- 4,924
- Households
- 964
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 952
- Literacy rate
- 72.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Aska
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Sanakhemundi
- Member of Parliament
- Anita Subhadarshini
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ramesh Chandra Jena
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SUJIT MAHALIK
- Block / Mandal
- Bantala
അതേ പിൻകോഡ്
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Bantala മണ്ഡലം മറ്റ് ഗ്രാമങ്ങൾ
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- Bandanpasi
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- Banamira
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- Bherubania
- Raigoda
- Nukhuripada
- Gohirapasi
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)