Kankalu, Hindol

Kankalu is a village located in the Bhusan Steel Limited Tehsil of Dhenkanal district of Odisha. The village falls in Hindol block and comes under Paika Purunakot Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Dhenkanal parliament constituency and Hindol assembly constituency.

As on April 2025, the current population of Kankalu is 1.4 thousands out of which 695 are males and rest 657 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 945 females per 1000 males. There are around 146 teenagers in Kankalu. It has literacy rate of 76% which means around 1 thousands persons can read and write. Total 505 people belonging to scheduled caste and 0 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 309 households in Kankalu, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 426. The pincode of Kankalu is 759121 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Meramandali Sub Post office
• Patala Branch Post office
• Kadala Branch Post office
• Kankalu Branch Post office
• Bido Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Kankalu Nodal Upper Primary School

Hospitals

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

• Nimidha Primary Health Center
• Bido Sub-Center
• Meramundali
• Kurunti Sub-Center
• Manapur Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Canara Bank Meramundali
• HDFC Bank Meramandali Branch
• ICICI Bank Kantabania
• Jana Small Finance Bank Kankalu Hindol
• State Bank of India Bhusan Steel Plant, Narendrapur