Chak Bankola is located at. The Asansol-Durgapur region is composed of undulating laterite soil. This area lies between two mighty rivers – the Damodar and the Ajay. They flow almost parallel to each other in the region – the average distance between the two rivers is around 30 km. For ages the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and marauders. The discovery of coal led to industrialisation of the area and most of the forests have been cleared. Konardihi, Nabgram, Chak Bankola, Sankarpur, Haripur, Bahula, Chhora and Parashkol form a cluster of census towns in the southern portion of Pandabeswar CD Block.
Urbanisation
According to the 2011 census, 79.22% of the population of the Durgapur subdivision was urban and 20.78% was rural. Durgapur subdivision has 1 municipal corporation at Durgapur and 38 census towns .
Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, the portion of Chak Bankola in Pandabeswar CD block had a total population of 11,527, of which 6,120 were males and 5,407 were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 1,422. The total number of literate people in this portion of Chak Bankola was 7,454. The portion of Chak Bankola in Andal CD block had a total population of 1,965, of 1,010 were males and 955 were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 284. The total number of literates in this portion of Chak Bankola was 1,203,
For language details see Andal #Language and religion
India census, Chak Bankola had a population of 10,318. Males constitute 57% of the population and females 43%. Chak Bankola has an average literacy rate of 55%, lower than the national average of 59.5%; with male literacy of 62% and female literacy of 46%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Bardhaman, Chak Bankola covered an area of 0.02+1.76 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 1 km roads with open drains, the protected water-supply involved overhead tank, tubewell, borewell, tap water from treated sources. It had 136+924 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 2 dispensaries/ health centres, 2 family welfare centres, 1 nursing home, 1 veterinary hospital, 14 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had were 1+1 primary schools, other school facilities at Ukhra 1 km away, general degree college at Khandra 3 km away. Among the important commodities it manufactured was soap. It had the branch office of 1 nationalised bank.
Economy
It is in the heart of the coal mining zone. It also has engineering workshops. As of 2015-16, Purushattompur opencast project in Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields has a mineable reserve of 8.0 million tonnes. According to the ECL website telephone numbers, operational collieries in the Bankola Area of Eastern Coalfields in 2018 are: Bankola Colliery, Khandra Colliery, Kumardih A Colliery, Kumardih B Colliery, Moira Colliery, Nakrakonda Colliery, Shankarpur Colliery, Shyamsundarpur Colliery and Tilaboni Colliery.
Medical facilities in the Bankola Area of ECL are available at Bankola Area PME Centre , Khandra, Bankola Colliery, Bankola Area, Shyamsundarpur, Mahira, Tilaboni, Nakrakonda, Shankarpur, Kumardihi A, Kumardihi B.
