Banki is a town and a Notified Area Council in Cuttack district

Cuttack District

Cuttack district is one of the 30 districts in Orissa state in eastern India. Its administrative headquarters is the city of Cuttack. As of 2011 it is the second most populous district of Orissa , after Ganjam.-Geography:...

  in the state of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

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Geography

Banki is located at 20.38°N 85.53°E. It has an average elevation of 48 metres (157 feet).

Demographics

India census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

, Banki had a population of 20,1,428. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Banki has an average literacy rate of 76%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Educational Institute

1. Banki College (Autonomous)
2. Rani Sukadei women's College
3. Govt. Secondary Training Institute ( Ragadi)
4. Barendra Krushna Bidyapitha
5. Banki Girls High School
6. Shri Singhanath Dev Bidyapith,Patapur
7. Arachandi Ucha Bidyamandir,Nistipur,Indumati Patana
8. United Bidyapitha,Indumati Patana
9. Pritam Kumari Bidya Mandir, Dompara
10. Kusunda High School, Kusunda
11. Baideswar High School, Baideswar
12. Podapatana U.P. School, Podapatana
13. Baideswar College, Baideswar

Temples and Tourist's Destinations

1. Charchika Temple
   Charchika Temple
   Charchika Temple is one of the oldest Shakta places in Orissa. The presiding deity is an eight-armed goddess Chamunda, locally known as Maa Charchika Devi. She is seated on a prostrate human body and wearing a garland of human skulls...
   
   
2. Anshupa Lake
   Anshupa Lake
   The 141-hectare Ansupa Lake is a horseshoe shaped fresh water lake on the left bank of the Mahanadi river, opposite Banki in Cuttack district, Orissa, India. Ansupa Lake in Banki is 70 km from the city of Cuttack, which also acts as a shelter for the migratory birds in the wintry weather season...
   
   
3. Sunadei Temple
4. Shri Singhanath Temple (Patapur)
5. Shri Jagannath Temple (Ragadi) (now under maintenance by Archeological Survey of India)
6. Arachandi Temple (Indumati Patana)
7. Devidwar (Gayalbanka)
8. Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary
   Chandaka Elephant Sanctuary
   Chandka Elephant Sanctuary is a wildlife reserve located in north western fringe of Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. Nestled on Khurdha uplands of 'Eastern Ghats' biotic region, Chandaka forest spread over 175.79 km2 of rolling table land and small sprawling hillocks of Khurdha and...
   
   
9. Rana Bridge-1916 (KARABARA village—it was made during the British period, now its defunct)It was destoryed by flood in 2008
10. Sri Jagannath Temple (Dampara)
11. Isaneswar Temple(Indumati Patana)
12. Pritam Kumari Bidya Mandir, Dompara

1. "Rana River" touches the village 1st is "Ramachandra Pur"
2. Rameswar Mandir, Ramachandra Pur
3. Siva Mandir, Kusunda
4. Mangala Mandir (Jhamu Jatra during Maha Bishuva Sankranti), Kusunda
5. Parbateswar Mandir, Raghunath Temple, Balunkeswar Mandir, Shri Ganesh Mandir, Sankat Mochan Mandir and Maa Chandi Mandir (DULANAPUR PANCHAYAT)

Politics

Current MLA from Banki Assembly Constituency is Pravat Tripathy of BJD

Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...

, who won the seat in State elections of 2009. Previous MLAs from this seat were Debashis Pattanaik ,Pravat Tripathy who won this seat in 2000 representing BJD

Biju Janata Dal

The Biju Janata Dal is a state political party of the Indian state of Orissa led by Naveen Patnaik, son of former state chief minister Biju Patnaik. It was founded on 27 December 1997.-History:...

 and in 1995 representing JD

Janata Dal

Janata Dal is an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Congress, and the Jan Morcha led by V. P...

, Ghanashyam Sahoo of JD in 1990, Akshaya Kumar Pattanaik representing INC in 1985 and representing INC(I) in 1980, and Dr. Jogesh Chandra Rout of INC in 1977.

Banki is part of Cuttack

Cuttack

Cuttack is the former capital of the state of Orissa, India. It is the headquarters of Cuttack district and is located about 20 km to the north east of Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa. The name of the city is an anglicised form of Kataka that literally means The Fort, a reference to the...

Lok Sabha constituency.

External links

• An website on Banki, Orissa

bankiorissa.com