Pankapal is a moderate size village in the district of Jagatsinghpur of Odisha State, India.
The history of the village can be traced back to the 18th century when two brothers from the Puri region migrated and settled down in the present-day Pankapal.
The village falls by the side of the Cuttack-Paradeep state highway 12 that branches out from OMP square at Cuttack to Pradeep and the near Mahanadi river.
Presently this panchayat includes 5 villages i.e. Pankapal, Jahnapal, Chandapur, Banikunda & Pahana.
As usual, the people of the gram panchayat elect a sarpanch and 19 ward members to represent them.
The first Sarpanch of Pankapal Gram Panchayat was Late Sri Choudhury Banshidhar Mishra, a visionary leader of that locality, who took many initiatives to bring many changes in people's lives and the village itself got prominence due to various welfare activities.