Sankhala, Maneswar

Sankhala is a village located in the Dhama Tehsil of Sambalpur district of Odisha. The village falls in Maneswar block and comes under Sahaspur Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Sambalpur parliament constituency and Rairakhol assembly constituency.

As on January 2025, the current population of Sankhala is 697 out of which 354 are males and rest 343 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 969 females per 1000 males. There are around 78 teenagers in Sankhala. It has literacy rate of 63% which means around 439 persons can read and write. Total 500 people belonging to scheduled caste and 56 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 171 households in Sankhala, which means every family has 4 members on average. The village has working population of 404. The pincode of Sankhala is 768113 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Dhama Sub Post office
• Bargaon Branch Post office
• Dakra Branch Post office
• Sahaspur Branch Post office
• Salesingha Branch Post office

Schools

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

• Sankhala Primary School

Hospitals

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

• Dhama Sub-Center
• Dhama Primary Health Center
• Dakara Sub-Center
• Panchfut Sub-Center
• Bargaon Sub-Center

Banks

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

• Jana Small Finance Bank Dakara
• Punjab National Bank Bargaon
• State Bank of India Dhama