 Fishing is also a common practice and the collected fish is sold in local markets.The fishing industry in Banki is famous due to the illish, caught in the Mahanadi River by the fishermen.The prominent educational institutions in Banki town and near it are





Current MLA from Banki Assembly Constituency is Devi Ranjan Tripathy , who represented the party of Biju Janata Dal in the state elections of 2019 .