Pokatunga, Anugul

Pokatunga is a village and Gram Panchayat of the Bantala Tehsil in Anugul district of Odisha, which falls under Anugul block. It belongs to Dhenkanal parliament constituency and Angul assembly constituency. Sujit Mahalik is the President of Pokatunga Gram Panchayat, who can be contacted at email address mahalik922@gmail.com and mobile number 91780xxx88. The Secretary is Amita Bishi, who can be reached at email address amitabishi123@gmail.com and mobile number 95836xxx89. The Panchayat address is Pokatunga, Pincode - 759132. You can reach there by taking a bus till Angul bus stop which is very far away. The Panchayat has internet facility. There are one computer, one printer and one scanner available for various works. It also has a CSC center.

As on April 2024, the current population of Pokatunga is 4.6 thousands out of which 2.4 thousands are males and rest 2.3 thousands are females. The sex ratio of this village is 952 females per 1000 males. There are around 445 teenagers in Pokatunga. It has literacy rate of 73% which means around 3.4 thousands persons can read and write. Total 1.2 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 63 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 1.1 thousands households in Pokatunga, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 1.6 thousands. The pincode of Pokatunga is 759129 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Bantala Sub Post office
• Garh Taras Branch Post office
• Hamamira Branch Post office
• Khinda Branch Post office
• Kumursinga Branch Post office

Schools

Pokatunga has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Panchayat Nodal High School, Kumurisingha
• Govt.Upgraded High School Gadataras
• Balasingha Nodal High School
• Kalapat High School
• Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Bantala

Hospitals

Pokatunga has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Banamira Primary Health Center
• Pokatunga Sub-Center
• Talagarh Sub-Center
• Ikarabandha Sub-Center
• Bantala Sub-Center

Banks

Pokatunga has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Federal Bank Sankhapur
• HDFC Bank Dhokuta
• State Bank of India Bantala

Panchayat Members

Sarpanch

Sujit Mahalik is the Sarpanch of Pokatunga Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 91780xxx88 and email is mahalik922@gmail.com.

Naib Sarpanch

Kabita Dehury is the Naib Sarpanch of Pokatunga Gram Panchayat, whose mobile no. is 91783xxx18 and email is or-bangul@nic.in.

Member

Pokatunga Gram Panchayat has total 14 elected Member.

1. Bhaskar Behera - Mobile: 93489xxx22 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
2. Mili Sahu - Mobile: 99380xxx33 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
3. Heralal Pradhan - Mobile: 93373xxx08 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
4. Pankajini Pradhan - Mobile: 78733xxx41 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
5. Ekadosia Dehury - Mobile: 99380xxx86 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
6. Srimati Naik - Mobile: 78947xxx62 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
7. Budhia Mahalik - Mobile: 85118xxx10 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
8. Ranjita Majhi - Mobile: 83399xxx99 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
9. Sasmita Mukhi - Mobile: 76099xxx10 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
10. Surekha Behera - Mobile: 84580xxx72 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
11. Soudamini Pradhan - Mobile: 77353xxx02 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
12. Sobha Jhankar - Mobile: 82601xxx65 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
13. Digambar Mohapatra - Mobile: 99379xxx24 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in
14. Pradyumna Behera - Mobile: 70081xxx23 - Email: or-bangul@nic.in

Covered villages

Pokatunga Gram Panchayat manages total 3 villages.

• Haripur
• Manapur
• Pokatunga